FAI/70/0595/VN Accession Number: FAI/70/0595/VN

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Australian advisor Captain (CAPT) Peter Shilston checks over the radio that a cordon was around a Montagnard village in central South Vietnam before sweeping through to search it. CAPT Shilston is the commander of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Mobile Strike Force, which operates out of Pleiku. A soldier of the Australian Army Training Team, CAPT Shilston come from Williamtown, NSW.

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Accession Number
FAI/70/0595/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
July 1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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