P01634.018 Accession Number: P01634.018

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HORSESHOE HILL, PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, C. 1970-09. MEMBERS OF 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), AT THE HORSESHOE FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB), REPAIRING A BROKEN PIPE LEADING FROM THE C COMPANY KITCHEN. THE PIPELINE, MADE OUT OF 155 MM AMMUNITION CONTAINERS, HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY GROUND VIBRATIONS, CAUSED BY THE SUSTAINED FIRING FROM THE FSB OF THE 155 MM GUNS OF THE US ARMY'S 7TH ARTILLERY BRIGADE. THE SOLDIER AT LEFT IS HANDLING ONE OF THE AMMUNITION CONTAINERS THAT HAD FORMED THE PIPELINE.

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Accession Number
P01634.018
Photographer
Temporary Sergeant John Lewis Saxby
Classification
Photograph
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Colour: Colour
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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