Fire Support Base (FSB) Alanbrooke, South Vietnam. c.1967-08. Two young Vietnamese, "buffalo ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Fire Support Base Alanbrooke
Accession Number P02060.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Murphy, Gordon James
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made August 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Fire Support Base (FSB) Alanbrooke, South Vietnam. c.1967-08. Two young Vietnamese, "buffalo boys", tending two buffaloes near the FSB. Once they learned to trust Australian troops, similar children often provided information about Viet Cong (VC) activities.