Sapper Raymond Francis Ryan as a member of the attached combat engineer team 1st Field Squadron, with D Company 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1969, interviewed by Major Ernest Ross-Smith Accession Number: S03646

Description

Ryan speaks of being wounded during the evacuation of casualties from a minefield incident, Hoa Long village near the 1st Australian Task Force base in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam.

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Accession Number
S03646
Interviewer/Recordist
Major Ernest Ross-Smith
Interviewee
Raymond Francis Ryan
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: KODAK
Carrier: 1/4 inch sound tape reel
Size: 7 inch
Speed: 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s
Track: mono
Measurement
5 min 28 sec
Date Made
18 March 1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Copyright
Commonwealth of Australia copyright

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