FOR/66/0663/VN Accession Number: FOR/66/0663/VN

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VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE COMMANDER, BRIGADIER O.D. JACKSON, TALKS WITH THE MEN OF DELTA COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), AFTER THE COMPANY'S HEROIC LONE STAND AT LONG TAN AGAINST A CRACK NORTH VIETNAMESE BATTALION. PICTURED, LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN; BRIGADIER JACKSON; PRIVATE (PTE) R. D. BROWN; PTE PETER DETTMAN OF TINGHA, NSW, (HAND TO FACE); LANCE CORPORAL PETER SLACK-SMITH, AND PTE TERRY BURSTALL OF BALLARAT, VIC.

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Accession Number
FOR/66/0663/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1966
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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