P04762.011 Accession Number: P04762.011

Description

5/411149 Private (Pte) Hylton Louis 'Frutti' Frugtniet, of D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), poses in the pilots seat of a 5 Squadron, RAAF UH-1B Iroquois helicopter (probably A2-391) from Butterworth airforce base. Note the flare pistol fitted to the floor adjacent to the seat. Pte Frugtniet later served in South Vietnam with 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), from 1966-1967.

Details

Accession Number
P04762.011
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Support: Acetate
Date Made
October 1964
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor G Bradshaw
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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