| Accession Number | BEL/69/0667/VN |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Bellis, Christopher John |
| Place made | Vietnam: South Vietnam |
| Date made | September 1969 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
2790965 Private Peter Lawrence Simpson of Narrandera, NSW, leads Vietnamese soldiers on patrol ...
Description
2790965 Private Peter Lawrence Simpson of Narrandera, NSW, leads Vietnamese soldiers on patrol through dense jungle in a combined Australian-Vietnamese operation. It was a shakedown operation for a Vietnamese battalion which had been retrained by members of B Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment). Elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) now have retrained three Vietnamese battalions of the 18th Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Division.