Accession Number | NAVY18363 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
Maker |
RAN Public Relations |
Place made | At sea, Vietnam |
Date made | c October-November 1968 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Celebration for (first time?) fathers on the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, on ...
Description
Celebration for (first time?) fathers on the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, on operations off the coast of Vietnam. Left to right, drinking champagne: Radio Operator (RO) Wilson; Lieutenant Leslie Wilson Renfrey; Captain David Willoughby Leach, Commanding Officer HMAS Perth; and R42379 Electrical Artificer Power 1 (EAP1) Alan Gordon Morris. (RO Wilson is possibly R64406 RO Robert Edward Williamson; or R59845 Steward (STD) Peter Kenneth Wilson; or R66395 Leading Seaman Weapons Mechanic William Donald Wilson).