Nui Dat, South Vietnam. September 1971. Colonel D. D. Weir, Deputy Commander of the 1st ...

Accession Number PJE/71/0483/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Errington, Philip John
Date made 1971
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Nui Dat, South Vietnam. September 1971. Colonel D. D. Weir, Deputy Commander of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF), takes the salute from the men of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, as the unit's last Centurion tank to be withdrawn from operations in Vietnam drives ceremoniously from the parade ground. The farewell parade was held at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province.