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Gary Oakley - People on edge (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Michael Thwaites: The Jervis Bay (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Unloading HMAS Sydney (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Target practice (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Living in the past (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Sea time and training (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Culture shock (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Instructors and educators (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Transfer to submarines (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Submariners: Friends for life (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - The bonds that tie (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Refusing to go to sea (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - How a submarine works (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Submarine battery power (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Pent up emotion (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Cultural differences (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Indigenous affairs (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - Cultural diversity issues in the ADF (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - A long way to go (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Oakley - The ADF and tribal links (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Geoff Hazel - Vietnam (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Geoff Hazel - Cyprus/ East Timor (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Geoff Hazel - Mozambique (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Graham Edwards (Australian Army), Land Mines - Part 1 (Video)

Graham Edwards served with the Australian Army in Vietnam. He was warned that the biggest danger would be landlines. In May 1970, Graham's life was forever changed when he stepped on a 'jumping jack…

Graham Edwards (Australian Army), Land Mines - Part 2 (Video)

Graham Walker (Australian Army), Agent Orange (Oral history)

Graham Walker served as an infantry commander in Vietnam. After the war he fought for recognition of Agent Orange as a cause of cancers in veterans.

Graham Walker (Australian Army), Agent Orange (Video)

Graham Walker served as an infantry commander in Vietnam. After the war he fought for recognition of Agent Orange as a cause of cancers in veterans.

Helicopter flight

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) did not confine its effort in Vietnam to seaborne activity; the Fleet Air Arm provided an additional Australian aerial presence during the war.

Ho Chi Minh

Nguyen That Tanh, known famously as Ho Chi Minh, was born in May 1890 in central Vietnam. The youngest of three children, he and his siblings grew up in a strongly nationalistic household.

Howard Dillon (Australian Army), Army Chaplain (Oral history)

Howard Dillon served in Vietnam as a Chaplain in the Australian Army, providing pastoral care to his fellow soldiers. He found himself confronted by the realities of war.

Howard Dillon (Australian Army), Army Chaplain (Video)

Howard Dillon served in Vietnam as a Chaplain in the Australian Army, providing pastoral care to his fellow soldiers. He found himself confronted by the realities of war.

Independence: Stories of the Royal Australian Navy (Book), (Educational)

This commemorative publication is a part of the Century of Service series. It explores the stories of several Australians who have served in the Commonwealth Naval Force and the Royal Australian Navy…

Interview 1 David Williams (Oral history)

Ship's diver David Williams served on HMAS Vampire.

Interview 1 John O'Callaghan (Oral history)

Leading Engineering Mechanic (LME), John O'Callaghan, RAN, was on board HMAS Sydney for two voyages to Vietnam during 1965. During this interview he discusses the technical aspects of troop carrying…

Interview 1 Lieutenant Barry Smith (Oral history)

Lieutenant Barry Smith served with the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit between 18 June 1969 and 18 June 1970. In his interview he discusses the aims of the Civil Affairs Unit.

Interview 1 Lieutenant Peter Aspinall (Oral history)

Lieutenant Peter Aspinall, 5RAR, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 5RAR, describes his feelings about being posted to Vietnam, his departure from Australia and arrival at Saigon's Tan…

Interview 1 Second Lieutenant David Sabben (Oral history)

Interview 1 Sgt Bob Buick (Oral history)

Sergeant Bob Buick, 6RAR, describing his arrival at Nui Dat.

Interview 2 David Williams (Oral history)

Ship's diver David Williams who served in HMAS Vampire discusses his feelings about the discrimination against Vietnam veterans.

Interview 2 John O'Callaghan (Oral history)

Interview 2 Lieutenant Barry Smith (Oral history)

Lieutenant Barry Smith, 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, describes some of the Civil Affairs Unit's successes and failures.

Interview 2 Lieutenant Peter Aspinall (Oral history)

Lieutenant Peter Aspinall, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 5RAR, describes his departure from Australia and arrival at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport and then Vung Tau in May 1966.…

Interview 2 Second Lieutenant David Sabben (Oral history)

Second Lieutenant David Sabben, 12 Platoon, D Company, 6RAR Searching the enemy bodies.

Interview 2 Sergeant Bob Buick (Oral history)

Sergeant Bob Buick, 6RAR, describing the battalion's arrival in Phuoc Tuy Province.

Interview 3 John O'Callaghan (Oral history)

Interview 3 Lieutenant Barry Smith, 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit (Oral history)

Civil Affairs Officer Lieutenant Barry Smith returned to Vietnam in 1990. During his visit he was shocked to discover the local impact of the loss of so many South Vietnamese men.

Interview 3 Lieutenant Peter Aspinall (Oral history)

Lieutenant Peter Aspinall, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 5RAR, describes his departure from Australia and arrival at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport and then Vung Tau in May 1966.…

Interview 3 Second Lieutenant David Sabben (Oral history)

The impact of the huge losses on D Company.

Interview 3 Sgt Bob Buick (Oral history)

Sergeant Bob Buick, 6RAR, describing the destruction of local villages to make way for the new base at Nui Dat as well as his platoon's first operations in Vietnam.

Interview 4 John O'Callaghan (Oral history)

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