COL/66/0971/VN Accession Number: COL/66/0971/VN

Description

Lance Corporal Neville Smerdon of Wagga Wagga, NSW, and 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), checks a box of soft drinks with small bottles of 33 beer and large bottles of Tigers beer. Whenever Australian troops operate near a village, it is not long before the local Vietnamese villagers come out to trade.

Details

Accession Number
COL/66/0971/VN
Photographer
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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Accession COL/66/0971/VN

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