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Accession Number | 3DRL/6117 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 item |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Townsend, Colin Maurice |
Place made | Australia, Vietnam |
Date made | 1966 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/104/015 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Townsend, Colin Maurice (Colonel, b.1927 - d.2006)
Collection relating to the Vietnam War service of 17000 Lieutenant Colonel Colin Maurice Townsend, Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966.
Collection contains two wallets.
Wallet 1 of 2 contains an outline of Operation Smithfield as recorded in the log of Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) that details the involvement of D Company, 6th Battalion who were later awarded the United States Presidential Citation. Collection also contains several documents relating to Operation Smithfield including a fighting patrol report dated 12 August 1966, commanding officer's orders, verbal orders, after action report dated 7 September 1966, after action report dated 2 November 1966, as well as a draft copy. Collection also consists of two maps of Nui Dat and Long Tan.
Wallet 2 of 2 contains an artillery signal log book and a note book used by Lieutenant Colonel Colin Maurice Townsend to record activity during Operation Smithfield.