Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-12. Two soldiers examine the largest weapons and ...

Accession Number WAR/69/0862/VN
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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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.

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