Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Renowden of Paynesville, Vic, with an all-Australian knitted ...

Accession Number COL/67/0636/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Coleridge, Michael
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made August 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Renowden of Paynesville, Vic, with an all-Australian knitted woollen toy, a pig, which has become the mascot of the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR). The jungle-green animal named Pig, which has its own identity discs, was knitted and sent to Lt Renowden by a friend.

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