CAM/68/0178/VN Accession Number: CAM/68/0178/VN

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Preparing orders before moving out on Operation Coburg are Major Peter Hotop of Hampden, NZ (right), and Captain Barry Sinclair of Fielding, NZ. Major Hotop is the Officer Commanding W Company RNZIR and Captain Sinclair is his second-in-charge. The operation involving 2RAR, 3RAR and two New Zealand companies was staged fifty miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat and was one of the most successful for 1ATF.

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Accession Number
CAM/68/0178/VN
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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