FOD/71/0350/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0350/VN

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1971. Australian, US and Vietnamese engineers came from widespread locations to mark the annual Waterloo Dinner held by the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) at Nui Dat. Mr Le (surname) Thanh Trang (firstname), the Phuoc Tuy Province Engineer, was one of the many `Sappers' who visited the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) for the celebration. Here Mr Trang (second from right) tells a joke to, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Paul Flanagan of Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (AFV) (left); Second Lieutenant Alan Curtis, 17 Construction Squadron, and Lt Graham Webb, 30 Terminal Squadron.

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Accession Number
FOD/71/0350/VN
Photographer
John Alfred Ford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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