Accession Number | WAR/70/0038/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Ward, Peter Anthony |
Date made | 1970 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Three liaison officers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs ...
Description
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1970-01. Three liaison officers from the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit outside the unit orderly room at the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). Left to right: Lieutenant John Sullivan of Nambour, Qld; Captain Doug MacLennan of Camberwell, Vic; Lieutenant Barry Smith of Albury, NSW. The three Vietnamese speaking officers are the eyes and ears of their unit. They travel around Phuoc Tuy meeting the people and co-ordinating civil aid programmes.