Diggers from the Seventh Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) move out to board a RAAF ...

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Accession Number VN/67/0130/08
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Ward, Barrie Thomas Burrill
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

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Description

Diggers from the Seventh Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) move out to board a RAAF Iroquois chopper from No 9 Squadron (Sqn) during a search and destroy operation in Phuoc Tuy Province. The helicopters of No 9 Sqn, based at Vung Tau and commanded by Squadron Leader Peter Reed, support the operations of the First Australian Task Force based at Nui Dat.