The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-09. AUSTRALIAN ENTERTAINER, LORRAE DESMOND, SINGS TO AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF 1200 SOLDIERS AT THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) BASE. LORRAE DESMOND WAS THE STAR OF A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CONCERT PARTY SPONSORED BY THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES OVERSEAS FUND WHICH VISITED MOST AUSTRALIAN UNITS DURING ITS TOUR. THE NINETY MINUTE SHOW AT NUI DAT CONTINUED THROUGH A MONSOONAL DOWNPOUR, BUT THE SOLDIERS STAYED TO THE END TO CHEER LORRAE FOR FOUR ENCORES.
Australian entertainer, Lorrae Desmond, sings to an enthusiastic crowd of 1200 soldiers at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base. Lorrae Desmond was the star of a South Australian concert party sp
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Australian entertainer, Lorrae Desmond, gave a welcome kiss to Lance Corporal Tony King of Watsonia, Vic, during a show at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base, w
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Australian entertainers, the Wills Singers, Susan and Anne, Johnny Mac (with guitar), and Lorrae Desmond, on stage, join together in song as the finale to their ninety
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Australian entertainers, Johnny Mac (with guitar), and the Wills Singers, Susan and Anne, on stage singing a medley of songs during their ninety minute concert party a
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. September 1969. An enthusiastic crowd of 1200 soldiers at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base cheer two entertainers of an ABC concert party. The ninety minute show conti
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. December 1970. The Lorrae Desmond Sydney Show toured the war zone in Vietnam. Here Lorrae Desmond sings to a large crowd of Australian soldiers at the Luscombe Bowl in Nui Dat.
