VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE COMMANDER, BRIGADIER O.D. JACKSON, TALKS WITH THE ...

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number FOR/66/0663/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Date made 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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VIETNAM. 19 AUGUST 1966. AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE COMMANDER, BRIGADIER O.D. JACKSON, TALKS WITH THE MEN OF DELTA COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (6RAR), AFTER THE COMPANY'S HEROIC LONE STAND AT LONG TAN AGAINST A CRACK NORTH VIETNAMESE BATTALION. PICTURED, LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN; BRIGADIER JACKSON; PRIVATE (PTE) R. D. BROWN; PTE PETER DETTMAN OF TINGHA, NSW, (HAND TO FACE); LANCE CORPORAL PETER SLACK-SMITH, AND PTE TERRY BURSTALL OF BALLARAT, VIC.