COL/67/0203/VN Accession Number: COL/67/0203/VN

Description

Members of A Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), leave an assault craft to search through mangrove swamps, after having been ferried by boat across a deep alligator infested tributary of the Song Rai River by the Battalion's Assault Pioneers during Operation Portsea.

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Accession Number
COL/67/0203/VN
Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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