JON/70/0551/VN Accession Number: JON/70/0551/VN

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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Infantry soldiers of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wind down a hillside and through a stagnant swamp, during operations. Wading waist-deep through the swamp is Corporal John Dunean of Dalkeith, WA, a medic with C Company. Later the Company unearthed a sprawling Viet Cong bunker system and destroyed a 1000lb rice cache, supplies and other equipment, including five M16 mines.

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Accession Number
JON/70/0551/VN
Photographer
Sergeant Michael John Jones
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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