Standing at the saluting base, the Commanding Officer (CO) of 7RAR, 2389 Lieutenant Colonel Eric ...

Accession Number P04656.937
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Gibbons, Denis Stanley
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Luscombe Airfield
Date made 1 September 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Standing at the saluting base, the Commanding Officer (CO) of 7RAR, 2389 Lieutenant Colonel Eric Harold Francis Smith, takes the salute of one of the battalion's companies as it marches past during a parade at Luscombe Field to celebrate the battalion's second birthday or anniversary of its formation. Near him, beneath the flags, another soldier is filming the parade, while behind him stand 217208 Chaplain Charles Henry Wellings (left) and two other padres.