WAR/70/0671/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0671/VN

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Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General C. A. E. Fraser, talks with Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Norman Sinclair of Seven Hills, NSW, a soldier of 8 Platoon, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). Maj Gen Fraser flew from Saigon specially to speak to the platoon after it ambushed a re-supply party of fifty Viet Cong (VC), killing seventeen. L Cpl Sinclair led a small party of Australians forward during the ambush to prevent any threat of a counter attack by the VC.

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Accession Number
WAR/70/0671/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1970
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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