JON/70/0416/VN Accession Number: JON/70/0416/VN

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South Vietnam. June 1970. Corporal David Rees of Nundah, Qld, chops up logs to try to give traction to an armoured personnel carrier (APC) which became bogged in a swamp. Giving him a helping foot is Trooper Richard Porter of Cabramatta, NSW, who is an APC driver. The APCs from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, were 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/70/0416/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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