CAM/68/0182/VN Accession Number: CAM/68/0182/VN

Description

South Vietnam. 1968-02. Company Sergeant Major (Kiwi) Gibbons of The Gap, Qld, who has just returned to 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) Headquarters after three weeks with his Company in the thick undergrowth and dense jungle of Bien Hoa Province, is jokingly asked what is on his chin. Posing the question are the Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel (Chick) Charlesworth of Campbell, ACT (right), and Battalion Adjunct Captain Kris Schlyder of Morningside, Qld. 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 ANZAC Battalion.

Details

Accession Number
CAM/68/0182/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1968
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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