Historical information
This program is for the dedication of the Anzac Chapel at Vung Tau. Vung Tau served as the essential logistical and medical hub for Australian forces. The First Australian Logistic Support Group established a working base at Vung Tau. The area became home to a hospital, RAAF units, engineers, transport, ordnance and service corps units.
Australian units based at Vung Tau during the war included:
1ALSG and its support units, 1st Australian Field Hospital and other medical units, No 35 Squadron RAAF and No 9 Squadron RAAF, No 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) units, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Clearance Diving Team 3 for harbour defence.
Physical description
Eight-page printed programme on buff paper, including Order of Service, details of ceremony, and words of prayers.
Inscriptions & markings
"ORDER OF SERVICE / for the DEDICATION IF THE ANZAC CHAPEL / at / The First Australian Logistic Support Group at VUNG TAU, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM / on / Sunday, 16th June 1968 at 1100 hours"
Subjects
References
- Australian War Memorial, ANZAC Chapel at Vung Tau DPR/TV/845 Australian War Memorial collection listing of video footage which depicts the ANZAC Chapel at Vung Tau
- Australian War Memorial, The unit that became a community: 1 Australian Logistic Support Group during the Vietnam War Australian War Memorial website article about the First Australian Logistics Support Group
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Anzac Portal, Australia's Vung Tau base during the Vietnam War DVA Anzac Portal article providing contextual information and photographs of the Vung Tau base during the Vietnam war
