LES/69/0566/VN Accession Number: LES/69/0566/VN

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Warrant Officer Second Class (WO2) Rayene (Ray) Stewart Simpson, forty three, a member of the Australian Army Training Team in Vietnam (AATTV), with a cigarette, after being told he had been awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the Commonwealth's highest decoration for bravery. Other members of the AATTV, left to right: WO2 Terry Malone of Canley Vale, NSW; WO1 Gordon Munt of Stafford Heights, Qld; WO2 Thomas Colbert of Ingle Farm, SA; WO2 Simpson; WO Bob King of Holsworthy, NSW; WO2 Bill Tillett of Nedlands, WA. Note the cans of Victoria Bitter beer in their hands.

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Accession Number
LES/69/0566/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
August 1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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