The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Arriving by helicopter to meet their new owners are tracker dogs Marcian and Milo, escorted by their Platoon Commander, Lieutenant Mick Murphy of Townsville, Qld (centre), and handlers Private (Pte) David Nelson of Mudgee, NSW (right), and Pte David Cree of Wollongong, NSW. Marcian (in foreground) arrived in Vietnam last year and last week was handed overe to his new owner, Mr R. Brash, the Counsellor and Consul General with the British Embassy in Saigon. Milo, who has been in Vietnam since 1968, was handed over to Mr J. R. Cochrane, the assistant manager of the Chartered Bank in Saigon. Both dogs were with the 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), which has now finished its combat role in Vietnam. Suitable homes have been found for all tracker dogs used in Vietnam as quarantine regulations prevent their return to Australia.
Mr R. Brash, the Counsellor and Consul General with the British Embassy in Saigon, and his Vietnamese maid and her three children, are introduced to Marcian, by his former handler, Private David Nelso
Marcian, formerly a tracker dog with the 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantr
Milo meets his new master, Mr J. R. Cochrane, the assistant manager of the Chartered Bank in Saigon. Milo was previously a tracker dog with 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battali
Sniffing out his new surroundings, Milo is escorted by his new master, Mr J. R. Cochrane, the assistant manager of the Chartered Bank in Saigon (left), a Vietnamese woman neighbour, and Private David
South Vietnam. November 1971. A well deserved smoke and welcome back from tracker dog Milo for Private Dave Cree of Woolongong, NSW (left), and Private Bob Hughes of Spotswood, Vic. Both are members o
Portrait of 219514 Private (Pte) David John 'Bluey' Cree, D Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment - New Zealand (ANZAC) (4RAR), with Milo the black Labrador tracker dog on patrol in Ph
