A naked Australian soldier leaving the shower area of a fire support base (FSB). Manned by US ...

Accession Number P10201.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Film original transparency (positive) other
Maker Green, Allan R
Place made Vietnam: Hat Dich
Date made 1967-1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

A naked Australian soldier leaving the shower area of a fire support base (FSB). Manned by US Army mobile artillery, the Australian 4th Field Regiment and support staff, the FSB provided artillery assistance to 2 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR/NZ). The Battalion was known as the ANZAC Battalion because it incorporated a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Two large, black rubberized water filled bladders are on a raised earth platform behind the unidentified soldier.