Accession Number | WAR/70/0061/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Ward, Peter Anthony |
Place made | Vietnam: Binh Tuy Province |
Date made | January 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Vietnamese children watch as part of Matilda Force rumbles through their village. The force from ...
Description
Vietnamese children watch as part of Matilda Force rumbles through their village. The force from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment and B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, comprised forty four armoured vehicles and 270 soldiers. The 150 mile push through three provinces made it the largest armoured operation by the Australian Army since the Second World War. A Jeep (left), number EM5770, rounds the bend as it passes a Centurion Mk V/1 tank with the call sign three Alpha (3A) followed by an M113A1 repair fitters vehicle and a Centurion bridge layer.