Accession Number | WAR/70/0396/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 |
Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Vic Harris of ...
Description
Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Vic Harris of Pittsworth, Qld, is the administration warrant officer for the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) in a Night Operations Advisory Team (NOAT) at its base in the Delta region. He speaks with Sergeant Xuan, an interpreter for the NOAT, at the nearby airport. The NOAT is a pilot scheme designed to retrain the local Regional Force soldiers for night ambush against Viet Cong.