An Australian Centurion Mk V/1 tank of the 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured ...

Accession Number P07256.031
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

An Australian Centurion Mk V/1 tank of the 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, guarding the approaches to the 1 Australian Task Force base located at Courtenay Hill. A hootchie has been set up over the turret as a sun screen and a sand bagged observation post is visible on the hill top.

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