South Vietnam. 27 September 1971. Receiving a Certificate of Outstanding Merit from the Phuoc Tuy ...

Accession Number PJE/71/0493/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

South Vietnam. 27 September 1971. Receiving a Certificate of Outstanding Merit from the Phuoc Tuy Province Chief, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tu, is Sapper John van der Klegt of George Town, Tas. A member of 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), Sapper van der Klegt was one of sixty members of the unit and the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, to be presented with the certificates for their work in building 540 solidly constructed houses for Vietnamese military dependants.