LES/69/0849/VN Accession Number: LES/69/0849/VN

Description

Captain Leslie Bourne of Cumberland, SA, holds a young Vietnamese orphan during a Christmas party. Despite the distribution of toys, drinks and sweets, many of the 120 Vietnamese orphans at the Redemptionist Orphanage preferred to be held by the soldiers of the 110th Signal Squadron detachment in Saigon who organised the party. The gifts of toys were donated by the Australia-Vietnam Church Aid Project.

Details

Accession Number
LES/69/0849/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
December 1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession LES/69/0849/VN

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