THU/68/0124/VN Accession Number: THU/68/0124/VN

Description

Checking a radar unit during Operation Coburg is 5411587 Gunner Murray Smale of Bayswater, WA, a member of 131st Divisional Locating Battery. Gunner Smale’s unit is based with the 1st Australian task force (1ATF) at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province.

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Accession Number
THU/68/0124/VN
Photographer
Kevin Denham Thurgar
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
February 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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