Description
South Vietnam. April 1971. Sergeant Richard (Snow) Wright of Inverbrackie, SA (left), platoon sergeant with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), points something out to his men. The battalion was on operations in Phuoc Tuy Province and one of Sergeant Wright's tasks each day was to guide his platoon into a night harbour position. Note that the soldier in the foreground is carrying an M16 assault rifle, while the soldier in the rear carries an M60 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG).
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Accession Number
PJE/71/0237/VN
Photographer
Philip John Errington
Classification
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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