FOD/71/0571/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0571/VN

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Corporal Victor Hurrelbrink of Riverdale, WA, joins singer Beth McDonald on stage during the first performance of the NSW concert party in South Vietnam entertaining Australian troops. The entertainers played to senior non-commissioned officers and soldiers at the Free World Military Assistance Command in Saigon, before travelling to Vung Tau to entertain diggers of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).

Details

Accession Number
FOD/71/0571/VN
Photographer
John Alfred Ford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
19 November 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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