CRO/68/0093/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0093/VN

Description

Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), make a tally of captured Viet Cong equipment following the successful ambush of a track during Operation Coburg. The battalion was operating with other elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in Bien Hoa Province, twenty miles north-east of Saigon.

Details

Accession Number
CRO/68/0093/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/68/0093/VN

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