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| Corporal J (Blue) T Mulby acting Platoon
Sergeant Reconnaissance Platoon, taking a break from the stifling heat. |
Corporal Bob "Dogs" Kearney Reconnaissance Platoon and Corporal Russel
Durrant the Mortar Fire Controller (MFC) playing up in the boozer. |
Sergeant John Lea-Smith Reconnaissance Platoon Sergeant. |
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| Doctor Peter
Lovell reading Flashback on the ice at Casey base Antarctica. |
Lieutenant
Mick Deak MC (Vonberg) determined to win the Anzac Tug-o-War. |
This
is a photo of Garry Davis who was a scout in 7 Pl C Coy 3
RAR with me in 1971, I was the Platoon Sergeant. On my left
is Trevor "Taffy" Cheeseman. Trevor was my section 2IC in
Recce Platoon 5 RAR in 1966, he was badly wounded by a grenade
near the old French Villa at Binh Ba. He recovered back in
Australia and returned to Vietnam to serve again with 5 RAR
on the Battalions second tour. Standing alongside "Taff" is
Turkish war veteran who laid a wreath at the Australian Memorial
- Lone Pine and next to him is Fred Pryde who served in the
13th Field Regiment, Artillery at Buna during WW2. Garry Davis
is wearing his own medals from Vietnam, his father's from
WW2 and his grandfather's from WW1. |
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| Chris Jennison on the left, John Blue Mulby Centre and Dogs on the right
2004. |
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| PsyOps
pamphlet I picked up in the jungle in 1966. |
Home
in the rubber at Nui Dat. |
"BRASSO"
Our interpreter. |
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| Glen
"Moose" Benham. Takes a break. |
Children
of Vietnamese soldiers based in the fortified villa at Bihn Ba. |
Blue
Mulby in Recce Platoon Office. |
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| Caesar
with a mate. |
The
"Flags" best known Aussie R.V. (rendezvous) in Vungars.
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Vietnamese
family with their Ox cart. Possibly their most important possession.
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| Crossing
the Equator, 1966. HMAS Sydney bound for Vietnam. |
Recce
Platoon Xmas, Bihn Ba, 1966. |
Family
of a Vietnamese soldier in fortified villa at Bihn Ba. (Note the
married quarters). |
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| Platoon
Sergeant John Lea-Smith and I posing Hoa Long, 1967. |
Another
famous R.V. |
Dave
Wollner ensuring the V.C. don't slip the cordon at Hoa Long. |
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| The
poverty and misery of a country at war. |
Li'l
Mac, Suave Harve, me, Skipper, a mate and Blue Mulby enjoying a
few San Miguel's during R and C at Vung Tau. |
John
Williams at Home between OP's 1966. |