PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1970-07. FIVE SOLDIERS FROM 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province
Accession Number FAI/70/0553/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fairley, John Geoffrey
Date made 1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM. 1970-07. FIVE SOLDIERS FROM 8TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (8RAR), TAKE A BREAK DURING A VILLAGE CORDON AND SEARCH OPERATION, TO SAMPLE SOME LOCALLY SOLD CONFECTIONERY. LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIVATE (PTE) JOHN HERON OF TWEED HEADS, NSW, PTE BILL GLOVER OF DAPTO, NSW, PTE JEFF MAWKES OF BOX HILL, VIC, LANCE CORPORAL (L CPL) ROD SCUTTER OF SOMERTON, SA, AND L CPL GAVIN LIVINGSTONE OF BAYSWATER, WA. A VIETNAMESE CHILD WATCHES IN THE BACKGROUND.