CUN/71/0535/VN Accession Number: CUN/71/0535/VN

Description

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. November 1971. Sergeant Bill Biglands of Townsville, Qld (left), and Gunner David Bourchier of Cheltenham, Vic, both members of 104 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), despatch one of the last rounds to be fired by Australians from their base at Nui Dat. The last task given to the Battery was a firing mission to cover the extraction of other elements of the Nui Dat Force to Vung Tau.

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Accession Number
CUN/71/0535/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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