Accession Number | WAR/70/0674/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. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major ...
Description
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. August 1970. Commander of the Australian Force in Vietnam (COMAFV), Major General C. A. E. Fraser, talks to 8 Platoon, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR). Maj Gen Fraser flew from Saigon specially to speak to the platoon after it ambushed a re-supply party of fifty Viet Cong (VC), killing seventeen.