Accession Number | FAI/70/0118/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Fairley, John Geoffrey |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
Date made | 21 February 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Climbing mountains in a flak jacket and helmet is hot work for Private John Sandry of Richmond, ...
Description
Climbing mountains in a flak jacket and helmet is hot work for Private John Sandry of Richmond, NSW. His unit, C Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), was sweeping through a section of the Long Hai mountains searching for Viet Cong caches during Operation Hammersley. C Company found many weapons and ammunition caches in the caves scattered throughout the mountains, other caches were uncovered by the severe bombardment that the Long Hai mountains received after a clash between C Company and a strong force of enemy earlier that week.