WAR/70/0038/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0038/VN

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Three liaison officers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit outside the unit orderly room at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). Left to right: Lieutenant John Sullivan of Nambour, Qld; Captain Doug MacLennan of Camberwell, Vic; Lieutenant Barry Smith of Albury, NSW. The three Vietnamese speaking officers are the eyes and ears of their unit. They travel around Phuoc Tuy meeting the people and co-ordinating civil aid programmes.

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Accession Number
WAR/70/0038/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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