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A bomb damaged building which is being used to stockpile 20 Pounder ammunition rounds for ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

A bomb damaged building which is being used to stockpile 20 Pounder ammunition rounds for Centurion tanks

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Aboriginal soldier, Bombardier John Burns of Holland Park, Qld (left), speaks with Gunner Bruce ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Aboriginal soldier, Bombardier John Burns of Holland Park, Qld (left), speaks with Gunner Bruce Morris of Morwell, Vic, during Operation Toan Thang. The 105mm Howitzers of 102nd Battery were in suppor...

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A Centurion MK 5/1 tank of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC, passing through a ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

A Centurion MK 5/1 tank of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment (1AR) RAAC, passing through a Vietnamese village. The tank was en route from Nui Dat to Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in Bien Hoa Provin...

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A Centurion Mk V/1 tank in a hull down position being used as a guard vehicle to cover the ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

A Centurion Mk V/1 tank in a hull down position being used as a guard vehicle to cover the perimeter of an unknown Fire Support Base. The vehicle is part of 1 Troop, 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Armou...

P03856.007

A Centurion tank from C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, moves along a lane near the village of ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

A Centurion tank from C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, moves along a lane near the village of Hoa Long in Phuoc Tuy Province on its way towards a blocking position for a one day sweep by troops of 1...

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A family group of local people laden with their possessions walk past 3791916 Trooper (Tpr) ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

A family group of local people laden with their possessions walk past 3791916 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur John 'Arfer' Booker (left) and 16782 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack ‘Jock’ McConnell (right, partly obscured), o...

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An American soldier in a deserted street in the town of Long Dien. The vehicle is an M151 (Mutt) ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An American soldier in a deserted street in the town of Long Dien. The vehicle is an M151 (Mutt) quarter ton truck. Australian forces fought a day-long battle against Viet Cong elements in the town; t...

P03856.019

An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), stopped behind a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three three alpha (33A) of Three Troop, C Squa...

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An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), stopped behind a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three three alpha (33A) of Three Troop, C Squa...

P03856.014

An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An Australian M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) with the call sign three one bravo (31B), on guard duty in a street in the town of Long Dien. A local person is walking on crutches across the str...

P03856.018

An unidentified Australian officer, wearing lightweight poplin overalls, scans the area ahead ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An unidentified Australian officer, wearing lightweight poplin overalls, scans the area ahead with his binoculars from the top of a damaged building near the town of Long Dien. The gun shield and barr...

P03856.004

An unidentified Australian soldier inspects battle-damaged shops in the town of Long Dien. ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An unidentified Australian soldier inspects battle-damaged shops in the town of Long Dien. Following the evacuation of the civilian population, Australian forces fought a day-long battle against Viet ...

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An unidentified soldier posing with a machete outside the Nui Dat Press Centre building. The ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An unidentified soldier posing with a machete outside the Nui Dat Press Centre building. The soldier is armed with a holstered Browning Hi-Power 9 mm pistol.

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An unidentified soldier posing with a machete outside the Nui Dat Press Centre building. The ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

An unidentified soldier posing with a machete outside the Nui Dat Press Centre building. The soldier is armed with a holstered Browning Hi-Power 9 mm pistol.

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Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Private Phillip Gifford of Queanbeyan, NSW, hands out food items ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Private Phillip Gifford of Queanbeyan, NSW, hands out food items to a Vietnamese village man at Ap Dong, Phuoc Tuy Province. Private Gifford is a member of the 1st Aus...

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Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Trooper Colin Cook of Bentley, WA, outfits a young Vietnamese ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Trooper Colin Cook of Bentley, WA, outfits a young Vietnamese boy with a new shirt at a distribution of clothing collected in Australia for Operation New Life for the ...

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Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Warrant Officer (Sonny) Phillips of Balga, WA, hands out food ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-11. Warrant Officer (Sonny) Phillips of Balga, WA, hands out food items to Vietnamese villagers at Ap Dong, Phuoc Tuy Province. He is a member of the Australian Army Train...

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Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Warrant Officer (WO) (Sonny) Phillips of Balga, WA, issues ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Dong, South Vietnam. 1968-12. Warrant Officer (WO) (Sonny) Phillips of Balga, WA, issues clothing to a Vietnamese mother and her child at the village of Ap Dong in Phuoc Tuy Province. The clothing ...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Commanding Officer, 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Commanding Officer, 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Latchford of Mosman, NSW (right), speaks with the Chief of Phuoc Tuy Province, Maj...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Lance Corporal Leslie Darcy of Riverstone, NSW, keeps two ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Lance Corporal Leslie Darcy of Riverstone, NSW, keeps two Vietnamese girls occupied by pushing them on a swing while their parents wait to receive land grants in ...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Latchford of Mosman, NSW (right), is briefed on the layout of the re...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Latchford of Mosman, NSW (right), inspects a charcoal burner's kilns...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-04. The new Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Latchford of Mosman, NSW (right), inspects a charcoal burner's kilns...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Vietnamese refugees wait for their name to be called at a ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Vietnamese refugees wait for their name to be called at a ballot for land grants in the village of Ap Suoi Nghe, two miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force ...

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Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Vietnamese refugees wait for their name to be called at a ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Ap Suoi Nghe, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Vietnamese refugees wait for their name to be called at a ballot for land grants in the village of Ap Suoi Nghe, two miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force ...

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Armoured vehicles of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), Royal Australian Armoured Corps ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Armoured vehicles of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR), Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), on the move from Nui Dat to Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in Bien Hoa Province. In the foreground ...

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At 1 Armoured Squadron Workshop at Nui Dat, members of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

At 1 Armoured Squadron Workshop at Nui Dat, members of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), reading a newspaper from Australia, the Smith's Weekly, during a break...

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Attack repulsed at Australian base DPR/TV/842

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Australian troops this week repulsed North Vietnamese regular soldiers who attacked the Australian Task Force forward Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north west Bien Hoa province, about twenty five m...

F04671

Australia. 29 May 1967. Original Army Public Relations Caption: "These three young ladies are ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Australia. 29 May 1967. Original Army Public Relations Caption: "These three young ladies are included in the next concert party to tour Vietnam. They are, left to right: Valmai Johnson, Marie Blanche...

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Australian advisors train Highland tribesmen DPR/TV/982

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

These military training exercises could easily be at Canungra - the Australian Army's Jungle Training Centre, where special toughening-up techniques in jungle fighting are continually being used. But ...

F04267

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. An ambush party from the 1st Battalion, The Royal ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. An ambush party from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), moves through the bush to a waiting armoured personnel carrier (APC) (no. 13432...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) FROM A SQUADRON, ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. AN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) FROM A SQUADRON, 3RD CAVALRY REGIMENT, CRASHES THROUGH THICK BUSH ON PATROL IN BIEN HOA PROVINCE DURING OPERATION TOAN TH...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. An Armoured personnel carrier (APC) of A Squadron, 3rd ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. An Armoured personnel carrier (APC) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, moves through a South Vietnamese township in Bien Hoa Province where the squadron wa...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. A PROTECTIVE CHAIN LINK SCREEN FOR ARMOURED PERSONNEL ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-06. A PROTECTIVE CHAIN LINK SCREEN FOR ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) IS TESTED BY MEMBERS OF A SQUADRON, 3RD CAVALRY REGIMENT DURING OPERATIONS IN BIEN HOA P...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3rd ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, move through a South Vietnamese township in Bien Hoa Province where they were support...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3rd ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, sweep south of Fire Support Base (FSB) Kiama, in Bien Hoa Province, in support of mem...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A soldier of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A soldier of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), steps across the body of a dead north Vietnamese soldier killed by Australian fire duri...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. A 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight Sioux ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. A 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight Sioux helicopter takes off from Fire Support Base (FSB) Kiama after dropping in resupplies for men of the 1st Batt...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Harrington is US Army ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. At Fire Support Base (FSB) Harrington is US Army infantryman Staff Sergeant Don Williams of the 4th/12th Infantry Brigade, as he shares a beer with Sergeant ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A 54-ton Centurion tank arrives at a village en route ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A 54-ton Centurion tank arrives at a village en route to Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral in north-west Bien Hoa Province. During a break, the crew of the tank ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A welcome respite after the battle for Trooper ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. A welcome respite after the battle for Trooper Geoffrey Richards of Kalamunda, WA, when he takes time off to do some washing at Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A welcome resupply for members of 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A welcome resupply for members of 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A welcome resupply for members of 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. A welcome resupply for members of 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested Captain Brian Altham of Como, WA, a ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bare-chested Captain Brian Altham of Como, WA, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), writing a letter during a lull in fighting at...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Bare-chested Gunner Ron Smith of Redcliffe, Qld, keeps ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-06. Bare-chested Gunner Ron Smith of Redcliffe, Qld, keeps watch high above Fire Support Base (FSB) Kiama in Bien Hoa Province where Australian Task Force units ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Keith Ayliffe of Parramatta, NSW, a member ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Keith Ayliffe of Parramatta, NSW, a member of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), operates mortar radar equipment...

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BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. BOMBARDIER LARRY DAVENPORT OF VICTOR HARBOR, SA, WAITS ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

BIEN HOA PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968-05. BOMBARDIER LARRY DAVENPORT OF VICTOR HARBOR, SA, WAITS AND WATCHES BEHIND HIS M60 MACHINE GUN DURING OPERATION TOAN THANG AT FIRE SUPPORT BASE (FSB) CORAL. A...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Tony King, 24, of Edwardstown, SA, gives a ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Bombardier Tony King, 24, of Edwardstown, SA, gives a trim to the moustache of his mate, Gunner Greg Ayson of Elmore, Vic, during a lull in Operation Toan Th...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Corporal Alan Larsen, 24, of Bundaberg, Qld (right), ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Corporal Alan Larsen, 24, of Bundaberg, Qld (right), speaks with Captain Bruce Thorpe of Melville Heights, WA, who is on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) ...

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Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. Corporal Bill Strange of Cobar, NSW (left), and ...

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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)

Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. 1968-07. Corporal Bill Strange of Cobar, NSW (left), and Corporal Lex Eather of Austinmeer, NSW, both members of B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regime...

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