Place | Asia: Vietnam |
---|---|
Accession Number | P02060.038 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Transparency |
Maker |
Murphy, Gordon James |
Place made | Vietnam: South Vietnam |
Date made | June 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Long Green area, South Vietnam. 1967-06. Two tracker dogs with their handlers, of 7th Battalion, ...
Description
Long Green area, South Vietnam. 1967-06. Two tracker dogs with their handlers, of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), talking to the Battalion Second in Command, Major David Drabsch. Left to right: Norman Cameron with "Cassius", Major Drabsch, Tom Blackhurst with "Justinian", unknown. Shortly afterwards the dogs tracked a wounded Viet Cong (VC) soldier and were found licking his face.