Accession Number | WAR/69/0862/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Ward, Peter Anthony |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-12. Two soldiers examine the largest weapons and ...
Description
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-12. Two soldiers examine the largest weapons and explosives cache found in the Province during the Vietnam War. Corporal Brian Mills of Townsville, Qld (left), and Lance Corporal Bill Grubb of Lauderdale, Tas, of D Company, 6RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), discovered the cache in a cave in the May Tao mountains, twenty three miles north-east of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat, during Operation Marsden.