Accession Number | SHA/65/0314/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Shannon, Michael Barry |
Place made | Vietnam |
Date made | December 1965 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Binh Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1965-12. During a pause in operations, soldiers of the 1st Battalion, ...
Description
Binh Tuy Province, Vietnam. 1965-12. During a pause in operations, soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), record messages which could be heard by their families back in Australia on Christmas Day. Here, Army Public Relations Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Ray Duke of Downer, ACT, operates the tape recorder as Private Geoff Erhardt records greetings for his family in Allora, Qld.