BLA/66/0141/VN Accession Number: BLA/66/0141/VN

Description

Vietnam. 1966-02-20. Wide-awake look from Private (Pte) Jock Richards of Scarborough, Perth, WA, as he guards an Australian encampment during Operation Rollingstone in Viet Cong country near Ben Cat, South Vietnam. Pte Richards is serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), based at Bien Hoa.

Details

Accession Number
BLA/66/0141/VN
Photographer
Captain Kenneth Roy Hilton Blanch OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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