PJE/71/0413/VN Accession Number: PJE/71/0413/VN

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Aboriginal 1202577 Sapper Claude Malone of Brisbane, Qld (left), and 2794597 Sapper Paul Taylor of Gladsville, NSW, prod for mines in front of a mine and land clearing bulldozer in Phuoc Tuy Province. Both are members of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The squadron's bulldozers were working on a mine and land clearing operation in the south of the province.

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Accession Number
PJE/71/0413/VN
Photographer
Philip John Errington
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original acetate
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in
Image: 1 1/2 in x 1 in
Date Made
August 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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