Digger cleaning M60 rounds, B Company, 2 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

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Accession Number ART40651
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 58.5 x 39.4 cm (irreg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal, rubbing out on paper
Maker McFadyen, Ken
Place made Vietnam, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Xuyen Moc
Date made 1967-1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

An Australian soldier from 'B' Company, 2 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, is shown cleaning M60 rounds after blowing up a large Viet Cong complex during Operation Kenmore, Xuyen Moc district, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. This operation took place between September and October 1967.