CRO/68/0170/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0170/VN

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ARN 169007, one of the 52 ton Centurion tanks of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) sent to Vietnam to bolster the firepower of the Australian Task Force is unloaded off a landing craft near Baria, the capital of Phuoc Tuy Province. The tanks were ferried up river from Vung Tau and then driven to the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat.

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Accession Number
CRO/68/0170/VN
Photographer
Richard William Crothers
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
March 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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