Accession Number | JON/70/0370/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Jones, Michael John |
Date made | 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
South Vietnam. June 1970. Private James Aitken of Thirroul, NSW, a soldier of the anti-tank ...
Description
South Vietnam. June 1970. Private James Aitken of Thirroul, NSW, a soldier of the anti-tank platoon of 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), runs with a labrador tracker dog during the Battalion's first operation in the Nui Thi Vai and Nui Thi Dinh hills to the west of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.