WAR/70/0658/VN Accession Number: WAR/70/0658/VN

Description

Machine gunner Private Pat Page, 21, from Strathmore, Vic, stands guard as D8 bulldozers and Centurion tanks work on a jungle clearing operation in the north west of Phuoc Tuy Province, designed to deny concealment in the area for an enemy engineer battalion. He is a soldier of A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR).

Details

Accession Number
WAR/70/0658/VN
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
August 1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession WAR/70/0658/VN

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