CRO/68/0083/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0083/VN

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Three members of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), listen as orders are given during Operation Coburg. They are Corporal Jim Bateman of Bass Hill, NSW (left), a mortar fire controller, Second Lieutenant Jim Slavin of Bathurst, NSW, and Corporal Trent Grall of Bulleen, Vic. The battalion was taking part in Operation Coburg with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) elements in Bien Hoa Province, twenty miles north-east of Saigon.

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Accession Number
CRO/68/0083/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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