Portrait of Private G Murphy, a New Zealand tracker with 3 Platoon, 4th Battalion, The Royal ...

Accession Number P07256.018
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Wood, Brian
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 1971
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Portrait of Private G Murphy, a New Zealand tracker with 3 Platoon, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment - New Zealand (ANZAC) (4RAR), patrolling through thick scrub. He is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle which has been fitted with two customised 20 round box magazines.

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