FOD/71/0590/VN Accession Number: FOD/71/0590/VN

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A historic moment at Australia House in Da Nang as Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO) Keith Charlton of Manly, NSW (left), and WO2 Maxwell Poole of Canungra, Qld, lower the Australian and South Vietnamese flags. High ranking officers of the Australian, American and South Vietnamese armies attended a farewell party later in the day to mark the handing over of Australia House.

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Accession Number
FOD/71/0590/VN
Photographer
John Alfred Ford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
December 1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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