Accession Number | COL/67/0636/VN |
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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 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Renowden of Paynesville, Vic, with an all-Australian knitted ...
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.