PJE/71/0174/VN Accession Number: PJE/71/0174/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. April 1971. Private Tas Morton of Port Macquarie, NSW, a member of 8 Field Ambulance, was assigned the task of smogging a civilian jail in Baria, the capital of Phuoc Tuy Province. Smogging was a term used by Australian soldiers to define the way they fumigate large areas of land or buildings. Note the group of Vietnamese children watching and the barbed wire enclosure.

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Accession Number
PJE/71/0174/VN
Photographer
Philip John Errington
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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