THU/67/0123/SC Accession Number: THU/67/0123/SC

Description

Members of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wave from their train at Seymour as it prepares to pull out on the journey to Sydney, where the main body of the Battalion transferred to the troop carrier HMAS Sydney for movement to Vietnam. An Army band at the station gave the men a send off with `Now is the Hour'.

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Accession Number
THU/67/0123/SC
Photographer
Kevin Denham Thurgar
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
2 April 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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