WAR/70/0357/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0357/VN

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Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. Captain (Capt) Dudley Lever of Macquarie, ACT, talks to a Viet Cong (VC) prisoner of war (POW) on left, through a Vietnamese Army interpreter at the III Corps Tactical Zone POW cage. The POW, who was doing carpentry work, told Capt Lever that he had been a carpenter when he joined the VC. Capt Lever makes a monthly check of camps holding POWs captured by Australians. On this occasion, Capt Lever accompanied the Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Colonel J. Whitelaw.

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Accession Number
WAR/70/0357/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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