WAR/70/0016/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0016/VN

Description

Binh Ba, South Vietnam, 1970-01. Handing some rice and surplus rations to a Vietnamese villager is the catering officer of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Second Lieutenant Ross Tucker of Bondi, NSW. Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), conducted a cordon and search of the rubber plantation village in Phuoc Tuy Province which netted twenty nine suspected Viet Cong supporters.

Details

Accession Number
WAR/70/0016/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession WAR/70/0016/VN

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