CUN/66/0566/VN Accession Number: CUN/66/0566/VN

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Helping to stack bags of rice recovered from a hidden Viet Cong cache is 55186 Private Ronald Francis (Ron) Aslan of Fremantle, Perth, WA (left). Private Aslan is a member of 9 Platoon, C Company, the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR). Operation 'Enoggera' was the battalion's first operation against the Viet Cong. They discoveres a tunnel system and many rice caches.

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Accession Number
CUN/66/0566/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
5 July 1966
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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