An M543, 5 ton wrecker, probably driven by 215546 Sapper David John Murphy, of the 1st Field ...

Accession Number P05002.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Woolmer, Percy Charles
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 1966-1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

An M543, 5 ton wrecker, probably driven by 215546 Sapper David John Murphy, of the 1st Field Squadron Workshop, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME), towing a broken down Federal prime mover back to the RAEME depot at Nui Dat. Federal prime movers were first used by the Australian Army during the Second World War.

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