Description
Recovering a B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, mine damaged M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC). Note the T50 turret fitted with twin .30 calibre machine guns. This vehicle (ARN 134282) was destroyed by an (estimated) 80-pound mine at 11:57 on 24 June 1969, at LOC YS478552. The crew, Lance Corporal K I Dewar, Crew Commander of c/s 22A, and Trooper R G Young, driver, c/s 22A, were both killed in the incident. The damaged vehicle was returned to Australia aboard HMAS Jeparit voyage 24 south, and stripped.
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Accession Number
P01381.007
Photographer
Robert Gardiner
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Format: 35mm
Credit Line
Donor R Gardiner
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright
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