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Accession Number | FOR/66/0671/VN |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Date made | 19 August 1966 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
After the Battle of Long Tan - weary men of Delta Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian ...
Description
After the Battle of Long Tan - weary men of Delta Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) gather on a landing zone to eat a quick meal of rations before returning to the battlefield. The Company fought in an epic lone stand against a crack North Vietnamese battalion. More than 200 Viet Cong dead were later counted. Identified left to right: obscured unknown; Corporal (Cpl) Ross McDonald; 15630 Cpl Kevin Thomas (Chicko or Chico or Chiko) Miller; 2412263 Private Victor William (Vic) Simon, an Aboriginal serviceman; next three unidentified; and (possibly) Private Ian Campbell.