COL/67/0785/VN Accession Number: COL/67/0785/VN

Description

Members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), just north of Phuoc Hai, beside the road leading to Dat Do. United States Iroquois helicopters have just landed to take them back to Nui Dat after the completion of Operation Ulmarra, the cordon and search by 7RAR of the village of Phuoc Hai. Operation Ulmarra was part of operation Atherton, conducted by 2RAR /NZ (Anzac) (the Anzac battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) and 7RAR. Left to right: Private (Pte) Peter Capp (kneeling); Pte Bob Fennell (crouching, facing camera); Corporal Bob Darcy (left of Fennell, face obscured); Pte Ian Jury (centre back, holding rifle); Pte Neal Hasted (centre, front); Pte Colin Barnett (front, right); Lance Corporal Stan Whitford (left of Barnett); helicopter marker at right is Pte John Raymond Gould.

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Accession Number
COL/67/0785/VN
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 August 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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