Accession Number | AWM2021.22.149 |
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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. |
Wallet 2 of 2 - Official records relating to Operation Smithfield, Vietnam War, 1966
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.