FAI/70/0084/VN Accession Number: FAI/70/0084/VN

Description

Signaller (Sig) Phil Smith of Barawell Park, NSW, is a radio operator in the 104th Signals Squadron, Royal Australian Signals Corps. His unit is part of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base, but he has spent four months of his tour at Horseshoe Hill. Before his call-up for national service in October 1968, Sig Smith was a teller in the St Peters and Alexandria, NSW branches of the Bank of New South Wales.

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Accession Number
FAI/70/0084/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
February 1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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