FOD/71/0447/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0447/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1971. Letters from home are always welcome in the jungles of Phuoc Tuy Province. During a brief stop, Corporal (Cpl) Phillip Sinclair of Chelsea, Vic, reads one of his letters. Cpl Sinclair is a member of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), and was on a patrol and ambush operation in the north-west of the Province.

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Accession Number
FOD/71/0447/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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