Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. A small jungle stream provided water for soldiers of ...

Accession Number FAI/70/0317/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fairley, John Geoffrey
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. May 1970. A small jungle stream provided water for soldiers of D Company, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), during a company patrol about ten miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. Private (Pte) James of Leongatha, Vic, fills his water bag with a tin mug while behind him Pte David Kitt of Blaxland, NSW, bends over also to get water.