South Vietnam. 1968-06-20. Enjoying cans of Victoria Bitter (VB) beer before the official opening ...

Accession Number ERR/68/0662/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Errington, William Alexander (Bill)
Date made 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

South Vietnam. 1968-06-20. Enjoying cans of Victoria Bitter (VB) beer before the official opening ceremony for C Squadron, Armoured Regiment Officers Mess are, left to right: Major K. Gurney of Bardon, Qld, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF); Major W. Petrass Of Portarlington, Vic, Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers, Headquarters, 1ATF; Captain T. J. Thompson of Puckapunyal, Vic, Quartermaster, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC); Major J. Taylor, of Kelvin Grove, Qld, Officer Commanding, Headquarters, 1ATF; Major N. C. Munro of Dorrington, Qld, Officer Commanding, 104 Signal Squadron, and Captain Alan Vickers, the new Mess President, Second in Command (2IC), C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, RAAC.