Accession Number | EKN/69/0121/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | 120 (roll film), Acetate, Chromogenic, Colour |
Physical description | 120 (roll film), Acetate, Chromogenic, Colour |
Date made | 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Hue, South Vietnam. 1969-10. Major (Maj) Gordon Brown of Puckapunyal, Vic, a member of the ...
Description
Hue, South Vietnam. 1969-10. Major (Maj) Gordon Brown of Puckapunyal, Vic, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) watches as Vietnamese women say prayers over the remains of clothing found in a mass grave. Maj Brown is Senior District Adviser at Nam Hoa and was responsible for co-ordinating the search for the mass grave following information from a rallier to the South Vietnamese Government. The remains of about 250 victims of the Viet Cong (VC) in the 1968 Tet Offensive were found in the grave.