P04994.032 Accession Number: P04994.032

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15786 Corporal (Cpl) (later Major) Edwin William Lang (left) and two unidentified, all of 9 Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), having a chat as they prepare a meal before setting off on patrol during a Claret (cross border) operation. Cpl Lang was wounded in action in June 1966 and he also served in South Vietnam with the 2nd Advanced Ordinance Depot (2AOD) from 1969-1971 and with Head Quarters Australian Forces Vietnam (HQ AFV) later in 1971.

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Accession Number
P04994.032
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
AWM Licensed copyright

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