P02116.005 Accession Number: P02116.005

Description

3789463 Private (Pte) Ian Maurice Ross, a forward scout with 9 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), leans forward with his pack on his back, as he and other soldiers behind him wait to be lifted out for Operation Santa Fe, a multi-brigade search and destroy operation aimed at clearing the enemy out of their base and logistics areas in the Thua Tich and May Tao regions..

Details

Accession Number
P02116.005
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Object
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 27 October 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor P Gates
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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