CUN/66/0556/VN Accession Number: CUN/66/0556/VN

Description

Scooping up rice in a hidden Viet Cong cache is Corporal Mal Black, 9 Platoon, C Company, 6 RAR, of West End, Brisbane, Qld, during Operation Enoggera, the first operation for the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR).

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Accession Number
CUN/66/0556/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
6 July 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession CUN/66/0556/VN

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