Gardiner, John William (Private)

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Accession Number PR03402
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Overall: 29.5 cm x 24.7 cm x 4.5 cm. Housed in custom made box.
Object type Album
Maker Gardiner, John William
Place made Australia, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 1968-1969
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Collection relating to the service of 3792254 Private John William Gardiner, 5 Royal Australian Regiment, Vietnam. Collection comprises a scrapbook album relating to his service in 1969 and contains letters, newspaper cuttings, photographs and service documents.

History / Summary

Album contains letters written by Gardiner to his family in 1969 describing conditions of his service in Vietnam and day to day events. The letters are pasted throughout the album in conjunction with Australian newspaper cuttings reporting on the progress of the war for that year.