BRO/70/0627/VN Accession Number: BRO/70/0627/VN

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SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-08. SERGEANT (SGT) JOHN FAIRLEY, A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE, INTRODUCES A SMALL VIETNAMESE BOY TO THE WONDERS OF THE BACH AURICON 16MM SOUND ON FILM MOTION PICTURE CAMERA. SGT. FAIRLEY, A 23-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL SERVICEMAN, FROM DAPTO, NSW, HAS BEEN IN THE WAR ZONE SEVEN MONTHS. HE IS PRESENTLY STATIONED IN SAIGON, BUT HAS COVERED OPERATIONS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF) IN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, AS WELL AS DOING OTHER ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHEN DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1971, HE WILL RETURN TO COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK IN SYDNEY, NSW.

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Accession Number
BRO/70/0627/VN
Photographer
Lieutenant Colonel David Walter Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 120 (roll film)
Support: Acetate
Date Made
August 1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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