Description
Informal portrait of Army Chaplain Leonard Sydney (Len) Eacott and the tour guides and bus driver on his tour of Vietnam stand by the replica Long Tan Cross on the morning of the Memorial Service for the Battle of Long Tan. The original cross and plaque erected by 6RAR/NZ (ANZAC) in a ceremony held on 18 August 1969 were removed to the Dong Nai Museum in Bien Hoa in 1988, and a replica erected at the battle site. Note the recent deforestation of the rubber plantation.
Details
Accession Number
P04041.017
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work
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