| Accession Number | CRO/68/0090/VN |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Crothers, Richard William |
| Place made | Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province |
| Date made | February 1968 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A Viet Cong defector with his hands tied is given a drink from a water bottle by Private Dennis ...
Description
A Viet Cong defector with his hands tied is given a drink from a water bottle by Private Dennis O'Shea of Springvale, Vic, a member of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Coburg. The North Vietnamese prisoner gave himself up following the ambush of a jungle track by a platoon of the battalion in Bien Hoa Province, twenty miles north-east of Saigon.
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