3487 Lieutenant Colonel John Arnold Warr of Sydney, NSW, (standing third from left), serves ...

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number COL/66/1023/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Coleridge, Michael
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 25 December 1966
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

3487 Lieutenant Colonel John Arnold Warr of Sydney, NSW, (standing third from left), serves Christmas turkey to 18305 Lance Corporal Warren John 'Wog' Burns (seated, pointing to menu) of C Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). The men of 5RAR are enjoying Christmas lunch at their mess at the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. It is traditional for officers, warrant officers and sergeants to serve the troops on Christmas day with lunch.