FAI/70/0362/VN Accession Number: FAI/70/0362/VN

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Near Nui Dat, South Vietnam. June 1970. Gunners of the 107th Field Battery form a chain gang to load artillery rounds into the back of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) before moving into the west of Phuoc Tuy Province for an operation against the enemy. The APCs towed the 105mm Howitzers from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) to a fire support base for the 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), now on its first operation (?Operation Ashfield) since returning for its second tour.

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Accession Number
FAI/70/0362/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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