Description
Members of 7 Platoon, B Company, resting near the end of a 20 mile route march, part of their basic training at Kapooka, NSW. Identified in the image is Keith Martin Knight (left of centre, looking at camera). One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, relating to his service in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968. "Essentially, the 'powers that be' decided we’d begin the march before dawn so off we go ... fog sets in and almost all the platoons out marching that morning (including ours) get lost. The general consensus is that in the dark and wilderness, we ended up marching up to the top of the hill we were supposed to march around. Eventually, we find a bitumen road and our Lieutenant is 'fairly sure' we’re heading back to Kapooka when the tucker truck drives by, and stops and feeds us."
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Accession Number
P12186.100
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Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
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