Accession Number | SKE/67/1103/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Skelton, Robert Gibson |
Place made | Vietnam |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Vietnam. 1967-11. Sapper Geoff Russell of Cowra, NSW, and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian ...
Description
Vietnam. 1967-11. Sapper Geoff Russell of Cowra, NSW, and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), delves into the still warm ashes under a pot of a Viet Cong cooking fire in a hut discovered in a bamboo thicket during Operation Santa Fe. Sapper Russell, also a member of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), was searching the hut for booby traps.