Album 2 - 547 Signal Troop

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2-1.   The 547 SIGCEN after moving to VungTau, 12 Nov 1971.  Photo from Unit History.
  
2-2. 
L-R Roy Dean and Bob Hartley - Christmas 1969.   Photo supplied by Roy Deem [1969]
 
2-3. 
L-R  Ray Hyland, Clarric Day, Bill Irwin and a GI Friend 1967.   Photo from Unit History.
 
2-4.   547 Sig Tp Processing Section Building.  [Aug 1971]
    
2-5.  Australian Designed Pilatus Porter ARDF installation.  Used from early 1970.  Photo supplied by Bob Hartley

ARDF = Airborne Radio Direction Finding

 
2-6.    547 Sig Tp Orderly Room Building.  [Aug 1971]

2-7.    547 Sig Tp OC Office and Q Store Building.  [Aug 1971]
   
2-8.   547 Sig Tp Daily 'O Group'.  Photo supplied by Bob Howell [1967]

Note the Owen Sub Machine Gun (OMG).  Used in WW2 and replaced early in the Vietnam War by the F1 Sub Machine Gun.  The F1 were  replaced in the Task Force Units by the US M16 Rifles in early 1968.

2-9.    547 Sig Tp Main Set Room Building.  [Aug 1971]
 
2-10.   547 Sig Tp compound layout - October 1968.  Troop Strength at the time = 35.  Photo from Unit History.
 
2-11.    547 Sig Tp compound layout - December 1967.  Troop Strength at the time = 25.  Photo from Unit History.
 
2-12.   Laurie Duell and Fred Hawkes.  The Bride and the Real Father of the Bride at the Wedding.  
See 'The Unclassified History 547 Sig Tp in SVN' - Chapter 5 for story.   Photo supplied by Denis Stone [1968]
 
2-13.  Steve Zagon as the Minister at the Wedding. 
See 'The Unclassified History 547 Sig Tp in SVN' - Chapter 5 for story. Photo supplied by Denis Stone [1968]
 
2-14.  Australian Landrover that was shot up in Tet 1968.  Photo supplied by Bob Hartley [1968]

2-15.  
L-R Kev Lever and Keith Innes in 1971.  Photo from Unit History.

2-16.  L-R John (Speed) Peters and Robert
(Sadie) Lean setup the Antenna for 'The Cell' at Nui Dat.   Sadie was a Rigger from 110 Sig Sqn at the time.  Photo supplied by Speed Peters [1968]

2-17. 
L-R  John Murray, Steve Hart (OC) and Unknown.  Photo supplied by Denis Stone [1968]

2-18. 
L-R Jim Kanowski, Fred Robinson, Phil Waite in the movie area in front of the Troop Club in 1970.  Photo from Unit History.

2-19.  Gate to 547 Sig Tp Compound.  Photo supplied by Kev Lever [1967]

2-20.  Flynn Dennis at Nui Dat in 1967.  Photo from Unit History.

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