The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. Identified left to right are: 17675 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Stanley William (Stan) Riley, engine fitter of Sydney, NSW; 22464 Sergeant (Sgt) John Frederick Prince, airframe fitter of Sydney, NSW and 2254 LAC Ray Taylor, airframe fitter of Sydney, NSW. The wide felt hat and shorts are becoming a familiar sight in the town, which has been used to American style uniforms.
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 Wilc
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
219846 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) John William McDougall, engine fitter of Revesby, NSW and 2905 Corporal (Cpl) Ian Raymond Johnston, radio technician of Adelaide, SA, being served cold drinks on the b
17675 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Stanley William (Stan) Riley, engine fitter of Sydney, NSW, signs for fuel from Private First Class Larry Allison, US Army of Eldorado, Missouri, after the US Army tank
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
55714 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Raymond Charles Chandler, engine fitter of Hurstville NSW, (left) 25306 Sergeant (Sgt) Errol John Blackburn, engine fitter (NOC 1/c Shift) of Merrylands, NSW, 3559 Corp
