DNE/65/0179/VN Accession Number: DNE/65/0179/VN

Description

Private Bob Fleming of Mordialloc, Vic, puts his fingers in his ears to deaden the noise from the blast of an 81mm mortar, as members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), cut loose on Viet Cong positions on the south side of the Dong Nai River, some four miles from Bien Hoa air base.

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Accession Number
DNE/65/0179/VN
Photographer
Bryan Rupert Dunne
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
4 August 1965
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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