Accession Number | SHA/65/0332/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Shannon, Michael Barry |
Date made | c 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 an unidentified soldier records his greetings.