That’s me with the guitar, along with singer Jillian Smith - singing to the troops in Vietnam.

How incongruous - singing with my guitar in the middle of a war zone!

‘Not long after I arrived in Sydney, I was asked to go to Vietnam to entertain The Australian and American troops.

I was honoured to have been awarded the Vietnam Logistic & Support Medal.

Here I am on stage in Nui Dat, singing to about 1,500 Australian soldiers.