Accession Number | PJE/71/0068/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Errington, Philip John |
Date made | 1971 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Baria, South Vietnam. February 1971. Corporal Ian Styles of Redcliffe, Qld (left), helps a ...
Description
Baria, South Vietnam. February 1971. Corporal Ian Styles of Redcliffe, Qld (left), helps a Vietnamese woman to move bricks at a housing site near Baria, the capital of Phuoc Tuy Province. Corporal Styles was a member of the 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The building under construction is one of ten housing projects scattered throughout Phuoc Tuy. When completed they will accommodate the families of about 600 Regional Force soldiers.