The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NUI DAT, VIETNAM. 1967-07. AT HIS EASEL, WAR ARTIST LIEUTENANT (LT) BRUCE FLETCHER OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, WORKS ON AN OIL PAINTING IN HIS OUTDOOR STUDIO IN THE RUBBER TREES AROUND THE AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE. TAKING A KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROGRESS OF THE PORTRAIT PAINTING OF PRIVATE JIM MOLONY OF CAMOOWEAL, QLD, IS CAPTAIN BOB SKELTON OF NEWCASTLE, NSW, WHO IS ATTACHED TO THE 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR). LIEUTENANT FLETCHER WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT THROUGH THE HEEL WITHIN 50 HOURS OF ARRIVAL IN VIETNAM WHEN A CAPTURED ENEMY WEAPON DISCHARGED AND NOW WEARS A CAMOUFLAGED PLASTER CAST.
Vietnam. 1967-07. War artist Lieutenant Bruce Fletcher of Glen Iris, Vic (left), works on an oil painting on an easel in his outdoor studio in the rubber trees around the Australian Task Force base. C
NUI DAT, VIETNAM, 1967-07. AT HIS EASEL WAR ARTIST LIEUTENANT (LT) BRUCE FLETCHER OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO HIS OIL PORTRAIT PAINTING OF 1410882 PRIVATE JIM MOLONY OF CAMOOWEAL,
Vietnam. 1967-10. Official war artist Lieutenant Bruce Fletcher of Glen Iris, Vic, watches his fellow artist Lieutenant Ken McFadyen of Donvale, Vic, painting at his easel at Luscombe field.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967. Captain Bob Skelton of Newcastle, NSW (left), and Sergeant Byron Campbell of Canberra, ACT, stand before the tents used by the press as their Press Centre and Amenities Office.
Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1967-10. The Adjutant General, Major General A. L. MacDonald (centre), chats with two soldiers of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), at the Australian Rest and Con
Official war artist Lieutenant Bruce Fletcher of Glen Iris, Vic (right), held an impromptu outdoor exhibition of a series of his portrait paintings before they were despatched to the Australian War Me
