A group of pallbearers carry the coffin, draped in the Australian flag, through the graveyard at ...

Accession Number RIC/70/0046/HQ
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Richards, Michael
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Gunning
Date made 13 February 1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A group of pallbearers carry the coffin, draped in the Australian flag, through the graveyard at the funeral in Gunning, NSW, on 13 February, of 2789920 Private Barry John Thompson, 22, of C Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), who was killed accidentally in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, on 1 February 1970.