P04994.030 Accession Number: P04994.030

Description

Portrait of 57068 Lieutenant (Lt) (Later Brigadier) Rodney Gerald Curtis, Officer Commanding 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), resting while on patrol in the jungle near Bokah. Lt Curtis was later awarded the Military Cross on 16 May 1967, for his actions in an ambush against members of the Indonesian Army Paracommando Regiment, Resimen Para Komando Angkatan Darat (RPKAD), on 15 June 1966. He also served in South Vietnam with 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) from 1968-1969.

Details

Accession Number
P04994.030
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
c 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Curtis
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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