Using a paint brush to remove the grime from his M60 machine gun during Operation Coburg is ...

Accession Number THU/68/0122/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Thurgar, Kevin Denham
Place made Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province
Date made February 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Using a paint brush to remove the grime from his M60 machine gun during Operation Coburg is 478877 Gunner James Bruce Taawhi Kerehona of Hamilton, NZ. He is a member of the 161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA) and 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment). The NZ battery is based with the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) at Nui Dat.

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