COL/67/0967/VN Accession Number: COL/67/0967/VN

Description

Vung Tau, Vietnam. 1967-10. The first Australian soldier to be naturalised while serving in Vietnam is Corporal Adriaan Cooke of Stafford, Qld (centre). During the taking of the oath of allegiance in a ceremony at the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group (1ALSG) base is the Officer Commanding his unit, 2nd Composite Ordnance Depot, Major Maurice Ralph of Lyneham, ACT (left), and holding the naturalisation certificate is the Adjutant of 2nd Composite Ordnance Depot 2nd Lieutenant Bill Clarke of Teatree Gully, SA. Corporal Cooke applied for naturalisation in 1966 but the papers did not arrive until he had reached Vietnam.

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Accession Number
COL/67/0967/VN
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1967
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession COL/67/0967/VN

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