At HMAS Kuttabul (Garden Island), NSW, troops are departing on HMAS Sydney (III) for a tour of ...

Accession Number NAVY15226
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker RAN Public Relations
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Potts Point, Garden Island
Date made 17 January 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

At HMAS Kuttabul (Garden Island), NSW, troops are departing on HMAS Sydney (III) for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Here Mr Don Dhipp (right), Minister for the Navy, is visiting HMAS Sydney before its departure. He is meeting the unidentified officer in charge of troops (left), on the quarterdeck of HMAS Sydney. An unidentified soldier is standing on the officer's left.

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