Accession Number | FOD/71/0253/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Ford, John Alfred |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
Date made | 1971 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1971. Corporal Peter Johnson of Morley, WA (left), opens ...
Description
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1971. Corporal Peter Johnson of Morley, WA (left), opens his map while Sergeant John Bojarski of Fairfield, NSW, takes a bearing during a patrol in Phuoc Tuy Province. Together with other members of C Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), the two soldiers were taking part in their final operation in South Vietnam. The battalion will return to Australia later this month.