PJE/71/0204/VN Accession Number: PJE/71/0204/VN

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Private (Pte) Eric Wallis of Wagin, WA, a mortarman with Support company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), relaxes in a canvas chair while on sentry duty at Courtenay Hill, in the far north of Phuoc Tuy Province. He is using a pair of binoculars to scan the landscape from his position 500 feet above the surrounding countryside.

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Accession Number
PJE/71/0204/VN
Photographer
Philip John Errington
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
April 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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