Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-01. 4719604 Lance Corporal Garry Von-Stanke of Prospect, ...

Accession Number COM/69/0011/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Combe, David Reginald
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
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Description

Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-01. 4719604 Lance Corporal Garry Von-Stanke of Prospect, SA, plays with a Vietnamese boy's pet monkey in the village of Phu My. He is a member of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers. The village was the subject of a cordon and search by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), which searched the village for Viet Cong, caches and escessive supplies of rice, draft dodgers, agents and Viet Cong suppliers.

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