| Accession Number | EKN/67/0098/VN |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Coleridge, Michael |
| Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
| Date made | 1967 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Soldiers from the Fire Assault Platoon Tracking Team, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian ...
Description
Soldiers from the Fire Assault Platoon Tracking Team, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), as they wait through a tropical downpour on the Battalion heli pad called Porky 7, to carry out helicopter winching training with the tracking dogs, Tiber and Justin (not visible). Identified from left: unknown; 214645 Corporal Christopher O'Neil, with SLR; 16697 Private Robert Goodger; 43921 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Norman Cameron, handler for Tiber; 3788566 Pte Gordon Hay; and 16815 L Cpl Reginald Parker. Tiber is wearing a special harness developed to allow the tracking dogs to be inserted or extracted from the jungle using a helicopter winch. The three men in the foreground are all armed with 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifles.