Description
Horseshoe Hill, South Vietnam. 1969-09. Private (Pte) Ray Ellis of Oxley, Qld, shows South Vietnamese soldiers how to load an M60 machine gun. Pte Ellis, a member of 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), was engaged on a programme of retraining soldiers of the 18th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in infantry tactics. Four Vietnamese battalions are scheduled to be retrained by the Australians.
Details
Accession Number
COM/69/0626/VN
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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