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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Standing Guard
Black and White Photograph. A Vietnames Soldier with a rifle watches over a boy lying on his backphotograph, vietnamese soldier -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Functional Object - Cigarette Lighter
Silver Zippo Cigarette Lighter with Helicopter engraved on frontBack 3787640 Pre N.R. Harris/A Cox 2 RAR EX.A. Coy 6 RAR/Aust Forc Vietnam 1967, Helicoptercigarette lighter, australian forces vietnam, cox, coy, harris -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Watch
Platoon Watch face only, base metal(front) Vietnam 1963 - 73 (back) Watchout COncertswatch -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Card, Christmas card
Set of three Christmas Cards: Hand Painted Fabric (front) and Map oif Vietnam. (back) : Kim. Long Saigon. Vietnamchristmas, cards, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, Army, Dress Vest
Red material vest: Four brass buttons with Australia and Crown Embossed on them. Lined with beige taffeta material. Black silky back. Two pockets in front of vest.dress uniform, vest -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Mess Kit
US Army issue green canvas bag with adjustable webbing. Provision for wearing on back/front as backpack. Green webbing to attach around waist. Large print. US on front flap. Secured by metal clasps.Filed Pack Combat, M1956 8465-577-4921- DA-36-243-OM (OTM)4743-E-60 18th September 1959field pack -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Canteen cover
Green canvas holder which is fleece lined. Two press studs in metal. Green webbing on back with two metal clasps used to attach to belt.Printed "Cover Water Canteen"canteen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia - Bomber jacket, embroidered, 1966
Bomber jacket in black outer material. Beige coloured, silky lining. Home made. Zippered front with colourful embroidery on both sleeves. Dragons on both sleeves; a tiger on the right front & a map of Vietnam, 66-67 on the back.Embroidery - "Fighters by Day, Lovers by Night; Drunkards by choice." Viet-Nam 66-67.bomber jacket -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, Bodaan, Jan, Portrait of Tom Goode, 1/12/2000 12:00:00 AM
Painting of Tom Goode whilst he was serving in Vietnam. Oil painting of Vietnam Veteran Tom Goode seated on a log in front of bamboo, helicopter in sky in the background. Depicts Tom Goode 'No Longer 19 reflecting back' Plain wooden frameSigned 'Bodaan'tom goode, 9 rar, painting -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, 'Back to Base'
Commemorates the war in Vietnam.Helicopter - Huey - Picture (Pastel on Board) in brown timber frame with olive green mat. Harris, Jan P.O.Box 332 Black Rock 3193helicopter - huey, vietnam, solider -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, 'Tin Can Fiddle", c. 1962 - 1978
Painting / Sketch in Black (Sienna?) in rough timber. Blackened frame depicting Vietnamese man playing a 'Tin Can Fiddle' Vietnamese woman holding child in arms in the side/background.(On Back) Joy with a beer can fiddle 60 Dollars.artwork - vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, Field Maintenance
Framed watercolour depicting a group of soldiers working of a Chieftan Tank, a crane mounted to an APC lifts a component into the back of the tank. Two Huey Helicopters and a Chinook fly overhead.chieftain tank, armoured personnel carrier, chinook, huey helicopter -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting, Unknown, Woman And Child
An original coloured painting of a young Asian woman with a child on her back, the woman is carrying a cane basket. Painting is oil on canvaspainting, vietnamese children -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting - Painting, Vietnamese scene
See inscription. Gift from Vietnamese Captain to an Australian Captain in 1968Orange, yellow and red colourful Painting. Water scene with ten sampans featured floating: four in foreground and six gathered together in background. Mountain range in background. Three people featured on three sampans. Painting done on board. Wooden frame.Bottom RHS of painting front: "To Capt Goodchild/ From Capt Trung & 10 M.I.D/ June 1968 Vietnam" On frame at back: 5538383 Major Bernard Goodchild 15.01.34 - 01.08.2021, Enlistment date 1965 Discharge 1990, Corps RAAMC, 1st Australian Special Service Civil Affairs Unit, Vietnam (southern zone) 21.06.1967 - 25.06.1968painting, vietnam, goodchild, trung, sampan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, World Home Bible League, Celebration: New International Version, the New Testament (Copy 1)
Since our withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 much work has been done to restore faith and hope back into the hearts and minds of our Vietnam Anzus Veterans. many veterans have come forward to help their mates. some of those mates have since passed on, at an early age, with hurt and distrust in their hearts.Covered in plasticSince our withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 much work has been done to restore faith and hope back into the hearts and minds of our Vietnam Anzus Veterans. many veterans have come forward to help their mates. some of those mates have since passed on, at an early age, with hurt and distrust in their hearts.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - casualties statistics, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia, veterans - vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, World Home Bible League, Celebration: New International Version, the New Testament (Copy 2)
Since our withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 much work has been done to restore faith and hope back into the hearts and minds of our Vietnam Anzus Veterans. many veterans have come forward to help their mates. some of those mates have since passed on, at an early age, with hurt and distrust in their hearts.Since our withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 much work has been done to restore faith and hope back into the hearts and minds of our Vietnam Anzus Veterans. many veterans have come forward to help their mates. some of those mates have since passed on, at an early age, with hurt and distrust in their hearts.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - casualties (statistics, etc., vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Palazzo, Albert, The Australian Army: A history Of Its Organisation 1901 - 2001
As the Australian Army begins its second century, it can look back on a proud and rich history that has seen it answer the nation's call during two world wars as well as a number of lesser conflicts.As the Australian Army begins its second century, it can look back on a proud and rich history that has seen it answer the nation's call during two world wars as well as a number of lesser conflicts.australia. army - history, australia - history, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Nguyen, Nathalie Huynh Chau, South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After, 2016
In a powerful and eloquent book, Nguyen rewrites the South Vietnamese back into their own history and gives them back their voices.In a powerful and eloquent book, Nguyen rewrites the South Vietnamese back into their own history and gives them back their voices.veterans - vietnam (republic) - interviews, soldiers - vietnam (republic) - biography, republic of, republic of vietnam, south east asia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 1)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Tran, Doan Lam, Paris Conference on Vietnam: Looking Back, 1968-1973, 2013
Paris Conference on Vietnam Looking Back, 1968-1973Paris Conference on Vietnam Looking Back, 1968-1973vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- peace, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- diplomatic history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Clothing - Silk pyjamas, c.1969
This item was purchased by serviceman Roger Budd as gift he brought back from Vietnam. it was collected as it contributes to an understanding of the experience of the family and friends of those who served in the war in Vietnam.Blue silk pyjama jacket and long pants set embossed with silk thread in various patterns. Front opening has 4 elaborate black fasteners. Edges are bound in white.pyjamas, silk, vietnam, souvenir, budd, roger budd -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Halstead, Fred, Out Now! : A Participant's Account of the American Movement Against the Vietnam War
Out Now brings back vividly the whole story of the struggle to end the Vietnam War.Out Now brings back vividly the whole story of the struggle to end the Vietnam War.vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, 1961-1975 - demonstrations - united states, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - protest movements - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Maddock, Kenneth Ed, Memories of Vietnam (Copy 3)
The Vietnam War was the longest, most bitterly devisive and least successful in which Australians have ever fought. It left a legacy of suffering and rejection amoung veterans which has only recently begun to be overcome. In Memories of Vietnam some Australians who knew the was from close up look back over the years and recall their experience in their own words.The Vietnam War was the longest, most bitterly devisive and least successful in which Australians have ever fought. It left a legacy of suffering and rejection amoung veterans which has only recently begun to be overcome. In Memories of Vietnam some Australians who knew the was from close up look back over the years and recall their experience in their own words.vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Haran, Peter, Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War (Copy 3)
The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldThe tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Viet Cong was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head. There were three men at least...and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back.. and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them coldvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, dogs - war use -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pocket Diary
Vietnamese Diary - 1948. Yellow with red writiing on bottom section of front cover. Image on top of front cover.vietnamese documents, diary -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Administrative Record (Item), Australian Vietnam War Veterans Trust Ltd, Finalisation Instruction: The Cash Payments Program (Fund A), Australian Vietnam War Veterans Trust Ltd. 1996
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Functional object - Cigarette lighter
Used in Vietnam 1968-9, by Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) Brian Leonard Start, a National Serviceman in 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers.Silver flip-top cigarette lighter. Has been personalised with the RAE emblem in gold on the front and engraving of serviceman's name, number and year on the back. Stored in original box.Front: R.A.E. VIETNAM, Back: 3791450/SRR START/'68-69r.a.e., bl start, "68-69, special reconnaissance regiment, 3791450, engineers, zippo, vietnam, cigarette lighter -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Functional object - Wrist watch
Standard issue Army wrist watch, commonly called a "Mickey Mouse" watch. This item was specifically made for Australian military use in 1970. A silver metal wrist watch with a glass cover over a round black face with white numbers for both 24 and 12 hour markings. The hands and 5-minute marks glow in the dark. Watch has wind up motion. Army issue green nylon band has a black clasp.Back: Watch. Wrist general purpose. MIL-W-46374A HAMILTON fsn6645-00-952-3767 Armymilitary issue, watch, 1200hr 2400hr watch, wrist watch, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Grandin, Bob, Answering The Call: Life of a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond (Copy 2)
"There's the bend in the road at Long Tan,' I said. We're behind enemy lines. turn back east, quickly'. I had been scared before but now I was terrified."There's the bend in the road at Long Tan,' I said. We're behind enemy lines. turn back east, quickly'. I had been scared before but now I was terrified.australia - royal australian airforce, 9 squadron, iroquois helicopter, helicopter - huey, battle of long tan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Ammunition pouches
Dated 1964, these are standard issue pouches, designed to carry ammunition during the conflict in Vietnam.Khaki canvas ammunition pouch with four compartments each with a strap and fastener made from webbing with a metal clasp. Dividers are metal capped. Webbing on back for attaching to soldier's belt.Black printing on inside of pouch. 8465-66-021-1977 C.C.C.F. ^.1967ammunition pouches, canvas, 1967, khaki, equipment, military equipment