FOD/71/0335/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0335/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Hutcheson, Chief Engineer, Australian Force Vietnam (AFV), presents the Minister for the Army, Mr Andrew Peacock (right), with a shield which depicts the cooperation between all units involved in the construction of Bridge 6 on route 23 in the south of Phuoc Tuy Province. Mr Peacock visited bridge site and its night defensive position Susan, during his six day tour of South Vietnam. The bridge will cross the Song Rai River on the road between the two provincial towns of Dat Do and Xuyen Moc.

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Accession Number
FOD/71/0335/VN
Photographer
John Alfred Ford
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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