| Accession Number | WAR/70/0106/VN |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Ward, Peter Anthony |
| Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
| Date made | 18 Febraury 1970 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW (right), and Aboriginal serviceman ...
Description
Section Commander, Corporal Joe Danyluk of Port Kembla, NSW (right), and Aboriginal serviceman 1201998 Lance Corporal Richard Herbert 'Dick' Bligh of Windsor, Qld, 'take five' before commencing a search of a Viet Cong bunker system in the Long Hai mountains during Operation Hamersley. Both soldiers are from B Company of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR) which, together with other 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) units, fought an estimated company of hard-core Viet Cong (VC) entrenched in the mountains. The area was pounded by air strikes including a raid by giant B52 bomber aircraft, naval bombardment from HMAS Vendetta and artillery fire. Twenty nine bodies of dead VC have been found.