Historical information
"Frederick Edwin Bowtell" No. 37496, deployed to Vietnam 7/1/70 to 14/1/1971. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron is the primary delivery unit of the Australian Defence Force. Formed as Detachment 176 A.D. Company - under the Royal Australian Army Service Corp operated throughout South East Asia, initially VUNG TAN before relocating to NUI DAT in 1967. Members were continually detached to other units, mainly US & RAAF for varying lengths of time.
Members undertook variedroles, from crew members on medium to heavy lift helicopter, to crew on board river patrol boats out of VUNG TAN.
Physical description
Yellow coloured slide box containing 24 slides depicting various scenes in Vietnam.
