JON/70/0371/VN Accession Number: JON/70/0371/VN

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South Vietnam. June 1970. Private Ron Oxley of Yeronga, Qld, and also C Company, 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), sits quietly in the jungle behind his M60 machine gun listening for enemy movement. 2RAR was on its first operation in the Nui Thi Vai and Nui Thi Dinh hills to the west of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.

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Accession Number
JON/70/0371/VN
Photographer
Sergeant Michael John Jones
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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