Wallet 2 of 2 - Official records relating to Operation Smithfield, Vietnam War, 1966

Accession Number AWM2021.22.149
Collection number 3DRL/6117
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Folder
Item count 1
Object type Notebook, Log book
Maker Commonwealth of Australia
Place made Australia, Vietnam
Date made 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Collection relating to the Vietnam War service of 17000 Lieutenant Colonel Colin Maurice Townsend, Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966.

Wallet 2 of 2 contains two folders.

Folder 1 of 2 consists of an artillery signal log book used by Colonel Colin Maurice Townsend to record activity during Operation Smithfield from 14 August 1966 to 21 August 1966.

Folder 2 of 2 consists of a notebook that was used by Colonel Colin Townsend during Operation Smithfield from 19 August to 20 August 1966. This notebook contains casuality lists, situation reports, and operational orders and plans.

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