| Accession Number | DNE/65/0150/VN |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Dunne, Bryan Rupert |
| Place made | Vietnam: South Vietnam, Saigon |
| Date made | July 1965 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Pall bearers stand next to a coffin, draped with the Australian flag during a solemn ceremony ...
Description
Pall bearers stand next to a coffin, draped with the Australian flag during a solemn ceremony held after the accidental deaths on 26 June 1965 in Bien Hoa of 37867 Private (Pte) Michael Alwyn Bourke, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), 37010 Pte William Thomas Carroll, 1RAR, and Pte Arie Van Valen, 1 RAR. Members of 1RAR and representatives of all allied forces in Vietnam pay their respects at Tan Son Nhut airbase, before the bodies were flown back to Australia. Identified are, left side of coffin, front to back: 3411044 Pte Leonard Brian Rogasch; 215063 Pte Ian Dawson; 215121 Pte Arthur Burt and unidentified serviceman. Right side of coffin, front to back: 215727 Pte Stanley Lawrence Jones; 213919 Pte Edward George Daley; and unidentified serviceman. End of coffin, facing camera, left to right: unidentified Lieutenant General ?, US Army; unidentified cinematographer and Colonel Oliver David Jackson. [215063 Corporal Ian Kenneth Dawson was killed in action on 14 May 1968.]