PJE/71/0048/VN Accession Number: PJE/71/0048/VN

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South Vietnam. February 1971. An informal portrait of Mobile Advisory and Training Team (MATT) adviser Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Ray Davies of Holsworthy, NSW, who was wounded near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) during a previous tour of duty in South Vietnam, now leads a MATT at Lang phuoc Hai, in Phuoc Tuy Province. Part of his record reads wounded in action, 300 parachute jumps, a veteran of the Royal Marine Commandos and the Ethiopian Naval Commandos.

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Accession Number
PJE/71/0048/VN
Photographer
Philip John Errington
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
February 1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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