Colonel John Arnold Warr DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd) Accession Number: S00680

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Warr speaks of preparation for Vietnam; most/least significant operations; impressions of enemy forces; own troops strengths/weaknesses; the minefield and fence from Dat Do to Lang Phuoc Hai; significant problems, reactions to battle of Long Tan; adequacy of defences; adequacy of two-battalion task force; Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force commitments pre-Vietnam War; information for troops; base defence machine guns and radios; working with 1st Field Regiment; report on the deaths of National Servicemen; planning of 1st Australian Task Force operations; comparison between United States Army Aviation and No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron RAAF policy on operations.

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Accession Number
S00680
Interviewer/Recordist
Colonel David Alexander Chinn OBE
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: AGFA PEM 369
Carrier: 1/4 inch sound tape reel
Size: 5 inch
Speed: 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s
Track: stereo
Measurement
Duration: 1h 8' 0"
Date Made
19 December 1989
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
2
Credit Line
Official History Unit oral history program
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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Part 1 of Colonel John Arnold Warr DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)

Part 2 of Colonel John Arnold Warr DSO (Rtd) as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1966-1967, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)

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