P01798.001 Accession Number: P01798.001

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Corporal (Cpl)Trent Grall (left), Commander of 3 Section, Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), guides a captured North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldier to a holding position that Captain Don Gillies (background), the Officer Commanding (OC) Support Company, is pointing out. The NVA soldier was the lone survivor of an ambush carried out by the D Company, 7RAR, during Operation Coburg. Assault Pioneer Platoon provided support for the ambush. The prisoner-of-war (POW) is blindfolded and has his hands tied behind his back. His right elbow is bandaged where he received a wound during the ambush. He was later taken to Battalion Headquarters by Cpl Grall and other members of 3 Section.

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Accession Number
P01798.001
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 35mm
Brand: FUJI
Date Made
February 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor P Aitken
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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