The Tracker Team 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal ...

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Accession Number WAR/70/0547/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Ward, Peter Anthony
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made July 1970
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The Tracker Team 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) is led out on patrol by Tracker Dog Milo, from Fire Support Base (FSB) Tess, eight miles west of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat. FSB Tess is the current operational base for the battalion. Behind Milo on the left are: 218894 Private (Pte) Ronald Joseph (Ron) Johnson, 19, from Newcastle, NSW; 2792031 Pte Kevin Ernest Lawrence, 23, from Sydney, NSW; 3797135 Pte George Albert Cottam, 22, from Nagambie, VIC and 5716746 Pte Robert Payne, 22, from South Perth, WA. On the right, from the front, are: 312511 Corporal Peter Macpherson Clark, 19, from Dandenong, VIC; 5716673 Pte Raymond Victor (Ray) Hameister, 24, from Perth, WA and 1735400 Pte John Edward Pigott, 22, from Toowoomba, QLD.