316852 Pilot Officer (PO) Ross Lester Mathieson, of Stanhope, Vic, at the controls of his ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Accession Number VN/67/0159/11
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Ward, Barrie Thomas Burrill
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

316852 Pilot Officer (PO) Ross Lester Mathieson, of Stanhope, Vic, at the controls of his Iroquois helicopter before a mission in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. PO Mathieson is a member of No 9 Squadron, RAAF, based at Vung Tau, 35 miles south east of Saigon. The squadron supports troops of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) in their operations in the Province.