The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two Brisbane airmen relax in a French-style horse and buggy as they go for a ride along the beach front near where the RAAF men live. Identified are 219563 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Allan Ernest Wilcox, electrical fitter of Clayfield, Qld (left) and 9285 L AC Eric Robert Evans, instrument fitter of Brisbane, Qld. The men are housed in a pleasant villa, on the beach, at Vung Tau, a fashionable seaside area used by Saigon people.
A policeman wearing a white uniform, watches over the villa on the beach front at Vung Tau, where the RAAF men live. The shady courtyard is flanked on three sides by the motel-style living units. Th
Portrait of 219563 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Allan Ernest Wilcox, electrical fitter of Clayfield, Qld who is dwarfed by the tails of the six RAAF Caribou aircraft lined up at Vung Tau.
Informal group portrait of three Sydney airmen as they shop for fruit in the market at Vung Tau near the villa where they live. A small boy offers them custard apples which abound in the area. Ident
An RAAF jeep turns into the villa compound occupied by the RAAF men at Vung Tau. It is only yards from the town beach, in an area used by visitors from Saigon as a weekend holiday area. Although con
A party of RAAF men from Vung Tau were invited to visit a Buddhist temple after some of them had shown an interest in the huge white figure of Buddha which dominates a hill near the town. Because of
2905 Corporal (Cpl) Ian Raymond Johnston, radio technician of Adelaide, SA and 219846 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) John William McDougall, engine fitter of Revesby, NSW, try out their newly acquired Viet
