JON/70/0415/VN Accession Number: JON/70/0415/VN

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South Vietnam. June, 1970. Corporal Robert Abbott of Redcliffe, Qld, logs up one of the tracks on his armoured personnel carrier (APC) to try and recover it from a swamp. The APC which is from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, was working with the Xuyen Moc Regional Force Company on a jungle patrol east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.

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Accession Number
JON/70/0415/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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