1 Coy RAASC (66-76) In Vietnam -REMLR

The majority of these photographs cover the Coy's time in Vietnam. The last three photographs on this page were taken in Australia or NZ.

Some of these photos came from Glen Hutley, and others from Ron Butcher (Pl sergeant, 1 Platoon).

These photos depict people and machines frp, 1Coy HQ, 1 Tpt. Platoon and 87 Tpt. Pl. Its quite interesting the clarity of some of them, as most were taken on what was known as a 'half frame' camera, designed to get twice as many shots per film.

Note the 70 Tac sign denotes 1 Coy, Div sign denotes 1st pentropic division, Triangle on door denotes 1 Platoon (square=2 circle=3) and the number inside the triangle depicts the vehicle number (5) and section number (3).

RAASC compound early 1966 in the wet. 1Coy in the puddle, 1 Coy LAD (Wksps) to the right and 87 up where the teaspoons are.	1 Coy RAASC HQ landrover	Passing convoys.
Slightly crowded situation facing a gunbuggy crew on ops. Packing like this was almost an everyday occurrence for the AT boys.	Mk 3 in TCV configuration with AR on cab roof.	Artillery ops.
Unloading stores on ops	Chinook chopper transferring ammo from trucks to gun emplacement	Empty troop lift convoy leaving drop point
Convoy escort waiting for convoy to form up for return. Note Truck is wearing both the 1st pentropic division sign and also the (unofficial at this stage) skippy ATF sign.	Convoy passing through village Copyright: Ron Butcher	Dont know if the problem is a lack of floatation or a lack of traction!
Convoy loading stores for daily run	Trucks waiting trooplift at Luscombe field (under construction)	1 Platoon Mk 3 at Vung Tau
Kiwi landrover fitted with winch passing by Aussie checkpoint at Baria.'66.	Waiting again!!! On op. Copyright: Ron Butcher	Unloaded tyroops on ops
Passengers view on ops	1 Platoon pre convoy packet briefing This shot I think is from David Ferguson (Maj Gen) and was a P.R. shot taken for the army newspaper of the day	Mk 3 in Troop Carrying Vehicle (TCV) configuration Copyright: Ron Butcher

These three photos were not taken during the unit's time in Vietnam.
I Platoon Mk 3 taken in Australia pre Vietnam	Kiwi army S1 landy and bedford trucks. (taken in NZ)	Early P2 or P3 undergoing unit evaluation. The gaiters and boots on the digger date this shot a bit to pre 65 at least.