Accession Number | CRO/68/0500/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Crothers, Richard William |
Date made | 1968 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Graham Stevens of Punchbowl, NSW (left), discusses a ...
Description
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1968-05. Private Graham Stevens of Punchbowl, NSW (left), discusses a clash with Communists in Bien Hoa Province with Lance Corporal Ian McCartney of Altona, Vic. Both are members of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), and were wounded when an enemy force tried to overrun an Australian Fire Support Base (FSB). They were evacuated to the Australian 1st Field Hospital after treatment at an American hospital in Long Binh.