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101-1. HQ 1ATF (Forward) on Courtenay
Hill during Op Overlord. RAAF targeting themself?
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [June 1971]
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101-2 US Army CH-47 Chinook bring in 104 Sig Sqn and
110 Sig Sqn communication shelters to Courtenay Hill during Op Overlord.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [June 1971]
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101-3. HQ 1ATF ACVs Callsign 85,
85A and 85B ready to depart Nui Dat for the last time.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [16 Oct 1971]
Note: 547 Sig Tp ACV
Callsign 85D covered the withdraw from Nui Dat and was the last 1ATF
vehicle to leave late on the 16 Oct 1971. 104 Sig Sqn ACV 85C
remained at Nui Dat until 7 Nov 1971 providing communications for the
4RAR/NZ Group.
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101-4.
ACV Callsign 85A on the road to Vung Tau
during the withdraw of Nui Dat. Photo taken from ACV Callsign 85B. .
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [16 Oct 1971]
ACV = Armoured Command Vehicle M577A1
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101-5. ACVs Callsign 85 and 85A on
the road to Vung Tau during the withdraw of Nui Dat. Photo taken
from ACV Callsign 85B.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [16 Oct 1971]
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101-6. ACV
Callsign 85A on the road to Vung Tau
during the withdraw of Nui Dat.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [16 Oct 1971]
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101-7. HQ 1ATF (Forward) on Courtenay
Hill on Op Overlord. Photo showing mainly 104 Sig Sqn with it's ACV Comcen
Callsign 85C
and the Radio Shelter in Communication Control (Commcon) tent. Also
110 Sig Sqn Radio Terminal Set AN/MRC-69 Antenna in the photo centre.
Other HQ ACVs to the photo right. Photo supplied by Pete Bird
[June 1971]
Note: Antenna is from the Radio Set AN/TRC-24
which was part of the Radio Terminal Set AN/MRC-69 which was a radio relay
mulichannel radio telephone system. Equipment was housed in
a large shelter behind ACV 85C..
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101-8. HQ 1ATF (Forward) on Courtenay Hill on Op Overlord.
First photo showing the HQ and the their ACV's (Callsigns 85, 85A, 85B and
85D). Signals communications to the left. Second photo joins
both 101-7 and 101-8 to show the complete HQ 1 ATF (Forward).
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [June 1971]
Note: All the VHF Antenna's
mainly RC-292's and the two AB-577 masts.
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101-9. Unknown in a CH-47 Chinook
returning from FSB Ziggy..
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-10.
104 Sig Sqn members in a C-130 Hercules on the way home.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-11.
L-R George
Ritchie and Neville Williams at
Courtenay Hill during Op Overlord.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-12. Home
on
Courtenay Hill during Op Overlord.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-13. L-R
Unknown and Les Mankey driving
up Nui Dat Hill.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-14.
L-R ?, ?, and
Doug Purcell. Nui Dat Hill.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-15. Antenna's on Nui Dat Hill.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-16. Antenna's on Nui Dat Hill.
Trig point
in the back ground.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-17. Les Mankey.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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101-18. Don? manning the Switchboard
(Ebony CP) in
the 1ATF CP at Nui Dat.
Photo supplied by Pete Bird [1971]
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