Accession Number | JON/70/0616/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Jones, Michael John |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
Date made | 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Private Phillip Cox of Footscray, Vic, a signaller ...
Description
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. July 1970. Private Phillip Cox of Footscray, Vic, a signaller with C Company, 2RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), talks over a radio to a helicopter pilot on a re-supply mission. Soldiers of 2RAR were working as a protection party for a land clearing team in jungle north west of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat.