Pleiku, South Vietnam. October 1968. Captain David Savage of Elimbah, Qld (left), and Warrant ...

Place Asia: Vietnam, Pleiku Province, Plei Ku
Accession Number CRO/68/0961/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Crothers, Richard William
Date made October 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Pleiku, South Vietnam. October 1968. Captain David Savage of Elimbah, Qld (left), and Warrant Officer Joe Urquhart of Revesby, NSW, both of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), examine a 7.62mm machine gun captured at the Battle of Duc Lap between 23 - 26 August 1968. The handles of a 12.7mm Soviet type heavy machine gun, which was captured in the same battle, can be seen behind them. Note the rifles in racks in the background.