Accession Number | THU/68/0120/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Thurgar, Kevin Denham |
Place made | Vietnam: Bien Hoa Province |
Date made | February 1968 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Sapper (Spr) Geoff Coombs, 22, from Smithton, Tasmania, and a member of 1st Field Squadron, Royal ...
Description
Sapper (Spr) Geoff Coombs, 22, from Smithton, Tasmania, and a member of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), about to lay a sandbag in place around a mortar bunker during Operation Coburg. [6708750 Spr Geoffrey John Coombs was killed in action in the Long Hai Hills area, Phuoc Tuy Province, on 22 March 1968.]