P04667.657 Accession Number: P04667.657

Description

2508 Lieutenant Colonel Alan Lindsay ('Alby') Morrison, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), addresses members of 161 Field Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery, thanking them for their support during the battalion's tour of duty in Vietnam. Morrison is holding a model of a kiwi cast in silver with which he has just been presented by the Battery CO. The presentation and address form part of a farewell ceremony and hangi that the Field Battery is putting on for 9RAR, which is about to depart from Vietnam.

Details

Accession Number
P04667.657
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
24 November 1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor Denis Gibbons
Copying Provisions
Internal AWM use only
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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