FOD/71/0550/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0550/VN

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Vung Tau, South Vietnam. November 1971. An Australian forklift driver at Vung Tau loads Australian Defence and Embassy aid stores prior to their move to Australian Government sponsored projects throughout Vietnam. The stores arrived aboard HMAS Jeparit and were unloaded by forklift and secured by troop of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) until collected by the Vietnamese. Containers in which the stores arrived were utilised by the troops of the 1ATF to return some of their stores to Australia.

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Accession Number
FOD/71/0550/VN
Photographer
John Alfred Ford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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