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Aerogrammes sent by Major Peter Badcoe to his wife, Denise and transcriptions

Archive Collections / Major Peter John Badcoe / Aerogrammes sent by Major Peter Badcoe to his wife, Denise and transcriptions
Date Range:  12 November, 1966  -  07 April, 1967
Collection: Major Peter John Badcoe
Quantity:    103   37 aerogrammes, 66 transcriptions
Arranged: chronological, imposed by Archives
Series Identifier: SAMA 1129/1

This series comprises 37 original aerogrammes sent by Major Badcoe to his wife whom he refers to as Niesi whilst serving in Vietnam, 29 transcriptions of the areogrammes provided by his eldest daughter Carey (Kerry) and 37 transcriptions provided by the South Australian Museum Archives. The items date from 12 November 1967 to 7 April 1968.

Carey Badcoe has provided two transcriptions for aerogrammes not held by the South Australian Museum Archives. See AA 1129/1/3/1 and AA 1129/1/3/39.

Each areogramme and transcription for the omitted areogrammes have been arranged chronologically and allocated an inventory identifier. The South Australian Museum transcriptions have been entered into the inventory listing but not in the original format given the limitations of the programme. A scanned copy of the original aerogramme and Carey Badcoe transcriptions can be viewed by selecting 'IMAGE >>' in the 'Inventory Listing'.

Major Peter Badcoe documents his military activities and family life. He occasionally uses the folds in the aerogramme for punctuation. A '?' has been inserted where a word cannot be identified. Comments considered private or sensitive have been deleted and indicated in the South Australian Museum Archive transcripts by '[deleted]' and blacked out in the scans. Original items without censorship can be accessed in accordance with procedures.

Acronyms, contractions and terminology used by Badcoe are as follows:

AFV: Armoured Fighting Vehicles
APC: Armoured Personnel Carrier
ARVN: Army of the Republic of Vietnam
AFU: Assault Fire Unit
AK: Assault Rifle
AATTV: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
Bn: Battalion
Huey: Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter
BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle
Burp Guns: Submachine Guns
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
L-19: Cessna L-19 Helicopter
C-rations: Combat Rations
Puff the magic dragon: DC-3 AC-47 Spooky Gunship
F4: Phantom Jet Fighter Bombers
H46: Heliopter
M113: Armoured Personnel Carrier
M2: Carbine
M6: Bayonet
M79: Hand Held Grenade Launcher
Nung: People of Chinese origin from the highlands of North Vietnam, some worked with United States Special Forces
Pen EE: Olympus Pen EE Camera
QDD: Quang Dien District Party
TET: Vietnamese and Chinese Lunar New Year Festival
USMC: United States Marine Corps

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Included Items
SAMA 1129/1/1/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 12 November 1966 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/2/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 13 November 1966 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/3/1 - Transcription dated 16 November 1966, no original aerogramme
SAMA 1129/1/4/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 18 November 1966 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/5/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 24 November 1966 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/6/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 5 January 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/7/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 10 January 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/8/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 15 January 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/9/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 16 January 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/10/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 24 January 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/11/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 27 January 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/12/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 28 January 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/13/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 7 February 1967, part 1 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/15/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 9 February 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/16/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 11 February 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/17/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 12 February 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/18/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 17 February 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/19/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 21 February 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/20/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 25 February 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/21/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 26 February 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/22/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 1 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/23/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 3 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/24/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 8 March 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/25/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 10 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/26/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 12 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/27/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 13 March 1967
SAMA 1129/1/28/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 14 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/29/1-2 - Aerogramme dated 15 March 1967 and transcription
SAMA 1129/1/30/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 16 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/31/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 19 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/32/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 22 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/33/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 24 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/34/1-4 - Aerogramme dated 26 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/35/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 28 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/36/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 31 March 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/37/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 2 April 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/38/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 4 April 1967 and transcriptions
SAMA 1129/1/39/1 - Transcription dated 7 April 1967, no original aerogramme
SAMA 1129/14/1-3 - Aerogramme dated 7 February 1967, part 2 and transcriptions