Accession Number | ERR/68/0820/VN |
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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
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South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier ...
Description
South Vietnam. 1968-09. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), Brigadier (Brig) Ron Hughes of Stafford Heights, Qld (right), accompanied Task Force Commander Designate, Brig C. M. I. Pearson of Canberra, ACT (second from right), on a tour of Australian areas of operation in Phuoc Tuy Province. With them, at an Australian operational base, is Flight Lieutenant Hedley Thomas of Torrens, ACT (left), and Liaison Officer to Brig Hughes, Second Lieutenant Barry Corse of Mount Hawthorn, WA.