Accession Number | S03672 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 9 min 41 sec |
Object type | To be confirmed |
Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; KODAK; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; mono; 7 inch |
Maker |
Butler, David Matheson Ross-Smith, Ernest |
Date made | 21 August 1969 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Address by Lieutenant Colonel David Matheson Butler as Commanding Officer 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1969-1970 at the Long Tan memorial service, August 1969
Description
The Long Tan memorial service was conducted in the rubber north west of Xa Long Tan in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam. It commemorated the third anniversary of the battle there on 18 August 1966 involving D Company 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC) and D445 Provincial Battalion of the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
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Address by Lieutenant Colonel David Matheson Butler as Commanding Officer 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1969-1970 at the Long Tan memorial service, August 1969