Description
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General C. A. E. Fraser, talks with Private (Pte) Paul Roberts of Brighton, SA, 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, killing seventeen this month. On Pte Roberts' right is Pte Gary Paterson of Carlton, Vic.
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Accession Number
WAR/70/0672/VN
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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