CRO/68/0082/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0082/VN

Description

A soldier from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), hurries out of the way as a daily water re-supply in jerry cans is lowered by a 9 Squadron, RAAF, Iroquois helicopter. Checking the re-supply is D Company, Staff Sergeant Ron Wales of Bicton, WA. The battalion was taking part in Operation Coburg with elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in Bien Hoa Province, twenty miles north-east of Saigon.

Details

Accession Number
CRO/68/0082/VN
Photographer
Richard William Crothers
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
February 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession CRO/68/0082/VN

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