This item shows Vietnam serviceman Corporal Peter Sims of Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (Army Component), 1969-70 on R & R.

Faded color photograph of two people-a man and a woman-seated with a crowd in the background. They are formally dressed and there is food on a table in front of the female. The photo is surrounded by a white border.

On the back of the photo " Best hotel for R&R approved by the B&R Centre Bangkok Hotel: Tapei, Taiwan. No 76.........Road Taipei Taiwan. R.O.C. Tel 559589-9 (all in blue ink) R&R 1970 see receipt written in black pen.

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Collected by an Australian soldier on R&R, this receipt was issued when he took a waitress out to accompany him to a night club.

Pink paper with black printing. Writing is in blue ink, with ticks over certain areas on the form.

Registration Form For Outgoing Of Waitress/Shanghai Bar/Sims P.

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This airline ticket is typical of those issued to Australian Defence Force personnel traveling to Vietnam. This particular item was issued to Corporal Peter Stanley Sims, Service no: 44304, who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (Army Component) from24 September 1969 until 24 September 1970.

Printed Qantas ticket and foolscap information sheet. Yellowed paper with red printing on the front of the ticket and black printing on the bottom half of the reverse. The information paper is yellowed with age and printed in black. There are 6 paragraphs detailing instructions for the armed forces when arriving in Vietnam.

Qantas/charter passenger ticket and baggage check. In blue pen on the back "Tong Doe Phuory Cholou" handwritten.

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