White plastic Poster, Information Board with the following information: Noack, Errol Wayne (Private, b.1945 - d.1966) Private Noack was the first Australian National Serviceman killed in Vietnam. He was born on 28 March 1945 in North Adelaide, an only child. As an adult, Noack worked as a tuna fisherman. He was a committed Lutheran. Noack was among the first intake of national servicemen to be enlisted on 30 June 1965. He did not welcome being called up, but 'decided to make the most of it'. Noack was posted as a rifleman to the newly raised 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) based at holsworthy, New South Wales. Noack left on the 13th May 1966 to join his battalion in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)Ref: Australian War Memorial Collectionpte errol noack, 5 rar, operation hardihood, poster, information board, australian national serviceman, killed in action

A white board roll of honour for the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment listing the name and dates of their members who were killed in Vietnam. The first list of names were from 1966-67 and the second list of names were from 1969-70. At the top of the board is the 7RAR insignia5 rar, roll of honour, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, australian national serviceman, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion, the royal australian regiment, killed in action, pte paul charles sullivan, 3786696, pte john robert sweetnam, 215958, maj donald mackenzie bourne, 23916, 1st australian reinforcement unit, cpl brendan francis coupe, 15358, capt robert bruce milligan, 29635, pte leslie thomas farren, 3786921, pte donald murray clark, 5713804, pte robert john lubcke, 42720, pte michael damien poole, 342916, l/cpl marian tomas, 5713739, pte richard wayne sandow, 43496, pte raymond john kennedy, 16196, pte james clifton webster, 5713751, pte graham francis anthony warburton, 3786978, l/cpl george bruce green, 2782127, cpl norman james womal, 15170, lt john carruthers, 36911, pte gordon henry d'antoine, 54865, maj malcolm bruce mcqualter, 235136, mention in dispatches, l/cpl bryan phillip watson, 5713748, pte richard edward lloyd, 2784015, pte erald herman nilsen, 1200083, 2lt kerry patrick rinkin, 217479, pte noel arthur pracy, 216044, cpl george geoffrey gilbert, 14900, pte leslie james pettit, 217961, 2lt brian geoffrey walker, 5411605, l/cpl paul leslie smith, 135494, sgt (acting) bernard lyle smith, 42252, pte hans leonhard muller, 2788085, pte james mungo white, 5715978, 1 australian reinforcement unit, 1st battalion, pte james clyde mcmillan, 3794377, pte geoffrey anthony pike, 218421, pte baron frederick smith, 3793566, pte alexander remeljej, 4719818, pte david john banfield, 6709107, lt erroll john lee, 235328, pte ronald francis connors, 218554, australian army catering corps, pte andrew drummond, 55537, pte matthew philip linton, 1734491, pte peter joseph jackson, 2789790, cpl (temp) henry edward suttor, 218006, pte wayne edward teeling, 2790880, l/cpl michael paul white, 217191, cpl john joseph kennedy, 216304, pte nick john cassano, 5716427, pte anthony edward loughran waring, 5716163, pte barry john thompson, 2789920, pte timothy charles turner, 4720253

On a white Poster, Information Board with the 5 RAR insignia on top reads: Private Errol Wayne Noack. Born 1945, killed in action 1966. Private Noack was the first Australian National Serviceman killed during the Vietnam War. He was killed in action during Operation Hardihood on the 24th of May 1966. Under the comments is a coloured photograph of Private Noack.poster, information board, pte errol wayne noack, australian national serviceman, operation hardihood, killed in action, 5 rar, the royal australian regiment, 5th battalion, 4717546

A copy of a telegram sent to Mr Walter Noack (Errol's father) from W.C. Westmoreland, General, United States Army Commanding expressing his sympathy and heartfelt condolences of all personnel of the United States military Assistance Command.A copy of a telegram sent to Mr Walter Noack (Errol's father) from W.C. Westmoreland, General, United States Army Commanding expressing his sympathy and heartfelt condolences of all personnel of the United States military Assistance Command.telegram, pte errol wayne noack, 5 rar, united states army, w.c. westmoreland, killed in action, gen westmoreland, united states commanding officer, condolences, united states military assistance command, grant collins

A copy of a section of a letter hand written by Errol Noack. the letter is signed of "lot's of love Erroll xxxxxletter, pte errol wayne noack, 5 rar

A black and white picture of Errol W. Noack in light golden frame. He is wearing black suit and standing next to a white car. His suitcase is next to him on the ground.5 rar, pte errol wayne noack

A copy of Vietnam: Australia's Longest War: Rrecalling Vietnam - A Calendar Of Events. This has an added date for 20 Jul 64 which is handwritten in pencil. See medai files for more information.reginald townley (minister for defecne), australian army training team vietnam (aattv), hon. shane paitridge (miniter for defence), wo2 (temporary) kevin george conway, 13097, royal australian infantry corps, svn, 1st battalion, royal australian regiment, 1 rar, us 173rd airborne brigade, hmas sydney, vung tau, australian national serviceman, apc, wo2 (temporary) kevin arthur wheatley, 29890, killed in action, vc, victoria cross, prime minister harold holt, 1st australian task force, 1atf, raaf, raaf iroquois helicopter, special air service squadron, 9 squadron, first australian logistic support group, 1 alsg, 5 rar, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, battle of long tan, d company, 6 battalion, north vietnam army, vna, viet cong, 3 troop, 1 apc sqn, wounded in action, us presidental unit citation, maj peter john badcoe, 41400, 103 field battery, farelf, v company, royal new zealand regiment, 2 bn rar, 2rar/nz/anzac, 3 bn rar, tet offensive, baria, phuoc tuy province, a company, fire support base coral, 1 bn rar, mortar platoon, 102 field battery, fire support base balmoral, cneturion tanks, wo2 rayene steward simpson, 217622, distinguished conduct medal, batle of binh bah, prime minister sir william mcmahon, prime minister sir john gorton, wo2 keith payne, 12222

A copy of Vietnam: Australia's Longest War: Rrecalling Vietnam - A Calendar Of Events. See medai files for more information.reginald townley (minister for defecne), australian army training team vietnam (aattv), hon. shane paitridge (miniter for defence), wo2 (temporary) kevin george conway, 13097, royal australian infantry corps, svn, 1st battalion, royal australian regiment, 1 rar, us 173rd airborne brigade, hmas sydney, vung tau, australian national serviceman, apc, wo2 (temporary) kevin arthur wheatley, 29890, killed in action, vc, victoria cross, prime minister harold holt, 1st australian task force, 1atf, raaf, raaf iroquois helicopter, special air service squadron, 9 squadron, first australian logistic support group, 1 alsg, 5 rar, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, battle of long tan, d company, 6 battalion, north vietnam army, vna, viet cong, 3 troop, 1 apc sqn, wounded in action, us presidental unit citation, maj peter john badcoe, 41400, 103 field battery, farelf, v company, royal new zealand regiment, 2 bn rar, 2rar/nz/anzac, 3 bn rar, tet offensive, baria, phuoc tuy province, a company, fire support base coral, 1 bn rar, mortar platoon, 102 field battery, fire support base balmoral, cneturion tanks, wo2 rayene steward simpson, 217622, distinguished conduct medal, wo keith payne, batle of binh bah, prime minister sir william mcmahon, prime minister sir john gorton, wo2 keith payne, 12222

Two pages that have been photogcopied out of the book titled Vietnam Remembered Three Decades is a copy of Chronology of Australian Military iIvolvement in the Vietnam War, 1962-1973. there is handwritten information on the first page.The Book titled Vietnam Remember is held in the Library on Shelf 31vietnam war, chronology of events, australian army training team vietnam (aattv), caribou, raaf, royal australian air force, national servoce act, us marines, da nang, prime minister robert menzies, 1st battalion royal australian regiment, 1 rar, bien hoa, us 173 airborne brigade, prime minister harold holt, 1st australian task force, 1 atf, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, 1st australian logistic support group, 1 alsg, pte errol wayne noack, killed in action, raaf iroquois helicopter, battle of long tan, d company, 6 rar, royal australian regiment, president johnson, ran, royal australian navy, us 7th fleet, the gulf of tonkin, canberra bomber, tet offensive, prime minister john gorton, fire support base coral and balmoral, presdient nixon, prime minister william (bill) mchahon, australian government, 4 rar, governor general sir paul hasluck, prime minister gough whitlam, democratic republic of vietnam

This Honour Board was presented to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum by the National Servicemen's Assoc. of Australia, 14 Feb 2008. It also recognizes Sapper Reginald N. Bridgland (3787083) and Sapper Geoffrey E. Mills (5713692) both who were with 22 Const. Sqn who were killed in action in Borneo. National Service Honour Roll, framed in black and gold frame. Contains names, rank, state, unit and date of death in date order. Also, six replica medals: Australian Active Service Vietnam 1945 - 1975, Vietnam Medal, Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal, Australian Defence Medal, Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951 -1972 and South Vietnam Campaign Medal. All medals have ribbons attached. Bottom left hand corner has the Australian Coat of Arms insignia and bottom right hand side has the Australian Army (Rising Sun) Insignia.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning' We will remember them. Lest We Forget. Presented by the National Servicemen's Assoc. of Australia, 14 Feb 2008.honour roll, australian national serviceman, killed in action, vietnam, borneo, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion, the royal australian regiment, pte leslie thomas farren, 3786921, tpr tony holland, 3786634, royal australian armoured corps, 1st armoured personnel carrier squadron, l/cpl marian tomas, 5713739, pte gordon knight, 2782226, 6th battalion, pte anthony thomas purcell, 3787580, 2lt gordon cameron sharp, 2781465, commendation for gallantry, l/cpl jack jewry, 2781847, pte albert frederick mccormack, 1730993, pte dennis james mccormack, 1730994, pte colin joseph whiston, 3787607, 1 australian reinforcement unit, pte douglas javing salveron, 1731040, pte glenn alfred drabble, 1730929, pte kenneth howard gant, 1730941, pte paul andrew large, 2781704, pte victor roy grace, 1730947, pte warren david mitchell, 1731013, pte graham francis anthony warburton, 3786978, l/cpl bryan phillip watson, 5713748, pte paul charles sullivan, 3786696, pte geoffrey lawrence tweedie, 3787416, pte douglas roy powter, 2782783, pte peter john arnold, 2781363, pte michael james birchell, 2781899, tpr victor ian pomroy, 3786644, pte brian david waters, 5713981, pte david raleigh webster, 5713986, pte donald murray clark, 5713804, l/cpl george bruce green, 2782127, l/cpl kevin leslie mitchinson, 4717751, a squadron, 3rd cavalry regiment, pte james clifton webster, 5713751, tpr robert peter wilsen, 4717841, pte peter richard hart, 2781944, pte dennis hampton bracewell, 2782525, pte william john ashton, 1730888, pte richard edward lloyd, 2784015, 2lt kerry patrick rinkin, 217479, sapper ramon john peter deed, 3788300, royal australian engineers, 1st field squadron, sapper glen trever bartholomew, 2782555, sapper gregory vincent brady, 2782812, sapper john laurence o'hara, 2782779, sapper dennis lindsay brooks, 3787889, sapper terrence james renshaw, 3788172, pte james george cox, 1731426, l/cpl richard mervyn woolford, 4718082, 2nd battalion, pte peter shaun mcgarry, 2412362, pte timothy joseph cutcliffe, 2785238, l/cpl peter edward mcduff, 2782440, pte dennis edwin nelson, 4718427, pte william john brett, 2785150, pte leslie james weston, 1731955, pte norman george allen, 2784699, pte norman victor hawker, 3789232, pte noel charles pettitt, 3790094, pte ronald john bell, 5714249, pte francis arthur hyland, 6708488, pte dayle william morrison, 1732186, pte alex ernest james bell, 5714453, l/cpl ross charles mcmillan, 2785033, pte robert graham perrin, 3789447, pte robert john caston, 4719003, pte guy richard godden, 6708763, 3rd battalion, lt leonard alexander taylor, 2nd lt leonard alexander taylor, 3787987, pte geoffrey francis mathews, 5714739, pte john rogers, 4718449, pte thomas johannes de vries van leeuwen, 4718756, pte john alexander doherty, 3789770, sapper david john steen, 4719232, pte douglas brian plain, 3789448, sapper geoffrey john coombs, 6708750, 2nd lt john fraser, 1731113, l/cpl roger leon fisher, 4718368, pte errol john bailey, 2786313, 1st battalion, pte john alfred o'brien, 2786748, gunner ian james scott, 3791583, pte lawrence rodney sheppard, 3790506, pte bevan maxwell trimble, 3791291, cpl john gregory stinson pearce, 2784043, l/cpl william henry martin, 1731467, pte alan john wallis, 2787255, signalman alexander henry young, 1732408, royal australian corps of signals, 104 signal squadron, pte brian thomas young, 1733095, pte lindsay noel brown, 3790530, pte john walter desnoy, 3791033, pte william malcolm thomas, 4718911, pte jeffrey thomas worle, 3790789, pte dal edward abbott, 2786017, pte stuart john barnett, 5715206, pte peter eris murray, 2788524, tpr robert james gillard, 3790395, pte john alexander campbell, 2787278, pte michael muc, 2787512, pte michael james noonan, 2787793, l/cpl robert burns, 4718097, pte michael sukmanowsky, 4719573, pte archibald stanley williams, 5715189, signalman dennis eric abraham, 4718946, pte barry norton davidson, 2788283, pte kevin frederick brewer, 6708915, pte paul evans, 1732701, pte john michael slattery, 2787079, pte ian james thomson, 2786038, headquarters, 1st australian task force, l/cpl paul richard peter van rijsewijk, 5715180, pte john richard tinkham, 3791207, pte kenneth raymond houston, 2787776, l/cpl anthony vincent quigley, 4719160, pte ian james gibbs, 5715657, cpl (temp) frederick john annesley, 2784162, 2lt terrance edward langlands, 2786939, l/cpl john milton rands, 2787069, trooper michael john hannaford, 3791920, c squadron, 1st armoured regiment, pte ronald james gaffney, 3793157, 9th battalion, pte christopher william roost, 5715153, pte raymond john cox, 2787020, pte thomas frederick meredith, pte reginald arthur phillips, 4719545, cpl harold robert musicka, 4717754, pte peter charles smith, 2788912, pte bruce james plane, 4719981, pte samuel graham, 2787716, pte joseph steven ramsay, 1733037, pte gary alex archer, 2788583, pte robert alan byrne, 2786525, pte raymond alfred mcguire, 2787478, pte victor neils petersen, 1733375, pte grantley james scales, 4719367, pte joseph george manicola, 3793137, pte james mungo white, 5715978, pte barry randolph george, 2789508, pte trevor ralph black, 1734408, pte alexander remeljej, 4719818, pte lyall hugh mcpherson, 5715701, sapper peter john bramble, 2789684, pte paul francis reidy, 3793403, pte wayne edward teeling, 2790880, pte peter joseph jackson, 2789790, pte timothy charles turner, 4720253, pte anthony edward loughran waring, 5716163, l/cpl keith ivan dewar, 5715633, trooper robert george young, 1733547, b squadron, pte gordon dennis sorrensen, 2790417, pte leslie james pettit, 217961, pte hans leonhard muller, 2788085, l/cpl richard john abraham, 4719565, pte raymond charles kermode, 1733818, pte mathew loughman, 3794096, 1st australian logistic support group, sapper john smith, 3794831, pte james clyde mcmillan, 3794377, pte baron frederick smith, 3793566, pte david john banfield, 6709107, pte ian william kingston, 1734754, pte david john fisher, 2787344, pte kevin john prior, 1734329, 2nd special air service squadon, 3rd special air service squadron, sapper alan leslie duncuff, 5716228, pte john wallace holloway, 3794544, pte matthew philip linton, 1734491, sapper anthony lisle, 2791437, pte nick john cassano, 5716427, sapper john gerald greene, 2791447, 17th construction squadron, pte allen roy brown, 3794895, l/cpl gregory ian stanford, 2790070, pte malcolm robert robertson, 3793978, pte thomas arthur evans, 3794256, sapper anthony edward hollis, 2786682, pte barry john thompson, 2789920, cpl robert james jackson, 2783512, pte philip mackay richter, 3796110, 8th battalion, pte larry james maclennan, 3795935, pte barry john munday, 3795712, pte raymond duncan clark, 3794556, pte kenneth allan duffy, 1735143, l/cpl robert edward power, 2790170, pte daryl poulson, 3795605, pte graham robert kavanagh, 4720992, sapper harold walter hurst, 2791326, pte john leonard mcquat, 5716533, l/cpl phillip raymond goody, 1734847, pte noel valentine crouch, 5716239, pte dennis william neal, 1735386, pte desmond john tully, 2792375, pte john leslie morgan, 3795756, royal australian army ordnance corps, 2nd advance ordnance depot, pte stephen warwick dickson, 2792089, pte stanley gordon larsson, 4720583, pte paul john navarre, pte paul john crawley, 2792729, sapper ian neil scott, 1735424, pte john harold bullman, 2794031, sapper peter lawrence penneyston, 6709611, pte garry ian willoughby, 3797671, sapper martinus jacobus maria schuit, 4720852, pte allan lloyd, 3797086, pte milton raymond dufty, 2792150, pte alan talbot, 3797623, pte raymond brian patten, 2141115, pte peter francis kowalski, 1735712, 2lt david paterson, 4718855, cpl (temp) noel alan smith, 3797613, pte rodney stewart chapman, 4721369, pte ronald wayne salzmann, l/cpl ronald wayne salzmann, 1732899, 2lt ian george mathers, 2794496, pte trevor james attwood, 2794278, pte roger william driscoll, 2794265, pte donald cameron hill, 2794350, pte michael towler, 2792254, pte bernard michael pengilly, 30 jul 1971, pte maxwell lachlan rhodes, 2796378, pte brian charles beilken, 5718195, pte james duff, 3799449, pte ralph james niblett, 3798081, pte roderick james sprigg, 5718122

A copy of the urgent telegram was was sent to Mr Walter Henry Noack (father of Errol Noack) saying " It is with deep regret that I have learned that your son 4717546 Private Erroll Wayne Noack has died of wounds received in action on 24th May 1966 in Vietnam. I desire to convey to you in your sad bereavement my sincere personal sympathy as well as that of the Government Of The Commonwealth Of Australia and of the Military Board. .. Malcolm Fraser - Minister for the Armytelegram, noack, errol, pte noack, killed in action, malcolm fraser, minister for the army