Informal outdoor portrait of 43573 Private (Pte) Stanley Edwin Radomi, 2nd Battalion, The Royal ...

Accession Number P12616.024
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Millen, Clive Coleman
Place made Vietnam
Date made c 1967-68
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Informal outdoor portrait of 43573 Private (Pte) Stanley Edwin Radomi, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), in the rain. Pte Radomi was killed during a live-fire training exercise with 2RAR and the US Army 118th Assault Helicopter Company on 28 September 1967. During the exercise a rocket struck a group of soldiers from 11 and 12 Platoons, 2RAR, killing Pte Radomi along with 2 others, and seriously injuring 10 other members of the unit.