WAR/70/0670/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0670/VN

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NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1970-08. THE COMMANDER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORCE IN VIETNAM (COMAFV), MAJOR GENERAL (MAJ GEN) C.A.E. FRASER, CONGRATULATES SERGEANT CHARLES SHERRIN, 23, FROM SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA, WHO WAS THE LEADER OF AN AMBUSH IN WHICH SEVENTEEN ENEMY WERE KILLED BY 8 PLATOON, 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR). BEHIND MAJ GEN FRASER IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL K.J. O'NEILL WHO IS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BATTALION. MAJ GEN FRASER FLEW FROM SAIGON TO SPEAK TO THE PLATOON.

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Accession Number
WAR/70/0670/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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