CAM/68/0179/VN Accession Number: CAM/68/0179/VN

Description

Officer Commanding the New Zealand W Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), Major Peter Hotop of Hampden, NZ (right), briefs his officers and NCOs before moving out on Operation Coburg. The operation was staged fifty miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat and was one of the most successful for the Battalion.

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Accession Number
CAM/68/0179/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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Accession CAM/68/0179/VN

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