The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 29 February 1972. Commander of the former 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Colonel P.J. Greville (left) chats with some of the last Australian troops to leave Vietnam as they await a landing craft to ferry them out to HMAS Sydney which was anchored a mile off Vung Tau. HMAS Sydney was due to arrive back in Australia a week later.
Home seems a little closer for these soldiers as their landing craft approaches HMAS Sydney anchored off Vung Tau. The soldiers were members of the former 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) and among th
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 29 February 1972. The Chief of the General Staff (CGS), Lieutenant General M. F. Brogan (centre) receives a briefing on the Vietnamese War Veterans' Club, south of the former
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 29 February 1972. Major Jerry Taylor of Carlisle, WA, outlines the area covered by one of his defensive strong-points at the former 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) at Vu
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 29 February 1972. The Chief of the General Staff (CGS), Lieutenant General M. F. Brogan (left), inspects a soldier's boarding pass for HMAS Sydney during a visit to the former
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 19 February 1972. A final parade for the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), and the Force Commander, Colonel P. J. Greville (right), does things the Vietnamese way, dressed in
South Vietnam. 19 February 1972. The Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in Vietnam, Colonel P. J. Greville (right) receives a gift from the Commander of the Vung Tau Special Zone, Colon
