Soldiers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), follow an armoured personnel ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province
Accession Number P01404.028
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Carpay, Gabriel (Gabe)
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 18 November 1966 - 3 December 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Soldiers of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), follow an armoured personnel carrier (APC) of 1APC Squadron on patrol through open country during Operation Ingham, a search and destroy operation. The soldiers are armed with a mixture of 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifles and 7.62 mm L1A1 self loading rifles.