Ken Foster

Ken Foster arrived at Vung Tau, South Vietnam on HMAS Sydney on 3 February 1968 (the first days of the 1968 TET offensive) and a few days later flew by RAAF aircraft to Saigon. He was posted to HQ Australian Force Vietnam in Saigon as a Sgt clerk to the Deputy Assistant Director Supply and Transport (DADST). In May 1968 he was seconded to the Australian Task Force Forward Maintenance Area at Fire Support Base Coral and remained there until the final road withdrawal of the Fire Support base.