Accession Number | WAR/70/0401/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. Captain (Capt) Wally Sheppherd of Coburg, Vic, ...
Description
Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Captain (Capt) Wally Sheppherd of Coburg, Vic, discusses the layout of a night ambush with the Commander of Regional Force Company 203 and his platoon commanders. Capt Sheppherd is the leader of the Night Operations Advisory Team (NOAT) made up of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers who are retraining the local Regional Force soldiers in the Delta region for night ambush as part of a pilot project. The platoon commanders are sitting on wooden crates full of equipment and supplies.