Ben Tranh District, South Vietnam. June 1970. Captain (Capt) Wally Sheppherd of Coburg, Vic, ...

Accession Number WAR/70/0401/VN
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

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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.