A memorial to gunners of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), who were ...

Accession Number THU/68/0370/VN
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Thurgar, Kevin Denham
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made April 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A memorial to gunners of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), who were killed in action in Vietnam. It reads: `In memory to the officers and men of 4th Field Regiment RAA who gave their lives in Vietnam 1967-68. Gnr B Tregear, 108 Bty; Lt R G Birse, 106 Bty; Gnr S W Ellwood, 161 NZ Bty; Lbdr J L Menz, 131 Log Bty'. [Soldiers named on the memorial are: 2412508 Gunner (Gnr) Barry Tregear, 108 Battery, killed in action on 5 November 1967; 215349 Lieutenant Robert Graham Birse, 106 Battery, died on 10 December 1967; 42752 Gnr Stuart William Ellwood, 161 NZ Battery, Royal New Zealand Army, killed in action on 6 February 1968; and 38838 Lance Bombardier James Leslie Menz, 131 Divisional Locating Battery, killed in action on 18 February 1968.]

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