ALBUM 119 - 104 SIG SQN

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119-1.  RAAF 9 Sqn Bell Iroquois UH-1H "Huey" after dropping Ken Cox off at FSPB Lion, Op Capital.  Photo supplied by Ken Cox [Nov 1968]  

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119-2  Chinook CH-47 delivering external load on VC Hill (Vung Tau) to location marked by smoke. Photo supplied by Ken Cox [1968]  

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-3.  Ken Cox on the job (Retrans Det) in the bunker on VC Hill, Vung Tau.  Photo supplied by Ken Cox [Aug-Sept 1968]  

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-4.  Ken Cox stretcher and gear in the 110 Sig Sqn hut on VC Hill, Vung Tau.   Photo supplied by Ken Cox [Aug-Sept 1968]  

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119-5. Ken Cox (front left) and Ross Thomas (black shirt) with some ARVN soldiers in Vung Tau.      Photo supplied by Ken Cox [1968]  

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-6.  Ken Cox digging mortor pit next to his tent at Nui Dat.  Photo supplied by Ken Cox {March 1968]  

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119-7.   Ken Cox at Xa Bang with Vietnamese children.  Photo supplied by Ken Cox [1968]  

Comment:  No playground outside for the Vietnamese children at the Popular Forces fortified Xa Bang post; only barbed wire, claymore mines and booby traps!

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119-8.  Ken Cox holding a M16 and looking the part! Photo supplied by Ken Cox [1968]  

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119-9. Drinks to farewell mates returning home.  L-R Peter Radford, ? (Back), ?,  Ken Winsor, John McDonald, ? (Back of Head), Terry Skinner (Rear), Tom Frost (Front) ? Rear) and Garry Swalling. Photo supplied by Garry Swalling [1970]  

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-10.  L-R Peter Radford, Max Murrell (sitting) with a bit of mud after being forced to join drinks!  Photo supplied by Garry Swalling [1970]

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-11. 104 Picture theatre area before the clean up!  Photo supplied by Garry Swalling [1970]

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-12.  Rear entrance to SIGCEN (1ATF COMCEN) .  Photo supplied by John Bertini [1970] 

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-13.  Members of 104 Sig Sqn loading APCs at Nui Dat for deployment on Op Kenmore. The Radio Relay Shelter (AN/MRC-69) in the background was airlifted to the HQ1ATF (Fwd) as part of the Op.  Photo supplied by AWM [1967] 

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-14. L-R Australian Army Director of Signals (DSigs)  Col J. I. Williamson and David Morgan working the telegraph machine in the SIGCEN (1ATF COMCEN).    Photo supplied by AWM [1969] 

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119-15.   HQ 1ATF (Forward) deployed on Op Roadside using ACVs (M577).   Photo supplied by George Parker [1969]  

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119-16.  US Army Chinook CH-47 over Kargaroo Pad at Nui Dat.  Photo supplied by David Wood [1970]  

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119-17.   Radio Troop lines at Nui Dat.   Photo supplied by David Wood [1970]  

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119-18.  RAAF 9 Sqn Bell Iroquois UH-1H "Huey" on the pad at Hill 837 (Nui Chua Chan).      Photo supplied by David Wood [1970]
Comment:  The 837 metre feature was just over the province border 50km (approx) NNE of Nui Dat.  It had a major US Army 53rd Signal Battalion communication installation.  Access to the site was by air only.

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