P02116.006 Accession Number: P02116.006

Description

Two soldiers, probably of 9 Platoon, C Company, 7 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), stand behind a mobile US 155 Howitzer gun during 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
P02116.006
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Object
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c November 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor P Gates
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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