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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. |
Gardiner, John William (Private)
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.