Celebration for (first time?) fathers on the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, on ...

Accession Number NAVY18363
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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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).

Related information

Conflicts