Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wait at Luscombe Field, while ...

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Accession Number COL/67/0325/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Coleridge, Michael
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 29 April 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Troops from 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), wait at Luscombe Field, while mates are lifted off by a fleet of Iroquois helicopters. The troops were starting Operation Puckapunyal, a short shakedown for the Battalion which had recently arrived from Australia.