FAI/70/0363/VN Accession Number: FAI/70/0363/VN

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Near Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-06. Australian gunners haul a 105mm howitzer to an armoured personnel carrier (APC). The APCs had towed the gun into the field from the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base, for an operation against the enemy in the west of Phuoc Tuy Province. Identified is 436142 Trooper Peter "Dallas" Stow standing atop an APC wearing a beret. The gunners and the calvary were supporting infantry of 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regimend and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), now on its first operation against the enemy since they relieved the 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC).

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Accession Number
FAI/70/0363/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1970
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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