A wounded Viet Cong prisoner who was taken unconscious from a bunker, overcome by teargas, during ...

Accession Number FOR/66/0599/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Ford, Darrell Colin
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Duc My
Date made 20 July 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A wounded Viet Cong prisoner who was taken unconscious from a bunker, overcome by teargas, during Operation Sydney and resuscitated by Corporal Norman Sims of Bankstown, NSW. is checked out by Captain Tony White, the 5RAR Medical Officer. This action was controlled by Second Lieutenant Dennis Rainer MC, OIC 10 Platoon, D Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) who is standing centre at rear.