Accession Number | BEL/69/0512/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Bellis, Christopher John |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
Date made | July 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) M113A1, from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, grinds its way ...
Description
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) M113A1, from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, grinds its way out of a bog. Sergeant Peter Edwards of Footscray, Vic, mans the track's .50 calibre machine gun, while Trooper Mick Chinnick of O'Connor, ACT, drives. The APC was part of a force of armour and infantry sweeping an area twenty miles east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. Note the APC is named Christine 1 and the Scorpion, the logo of the squadron, appears below the name.