Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1971. Corporal Peter Johnson of Morley, WA (left), opens ...

Accession Number FOD/71/0253/VN
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

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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.

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