| Accession Number | P04655.264 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Gibbons, Denis Stanley |
| Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province |
| Date made | 13 December 1969 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
As 216790 Corporal Raymond James (Ray) Armstrong looks on (left), 213121 Sergeant Leslie Ernest ...
Description
As 216790 Corporal Raymond James (Ray) Armstrong looks on (left), 213121 Sergeant Leslie Ernest Fielding (right) of 1 Platoon, A Company, 8RAR, and another unidentified member of the platoon steady a harness chair carrying 1735523 Private (Pte) Roland Patrick Lister as he is winched up by a medical evacuation helicopter hovering out of sight overhead. The chair and cable attached to it are together known as a jungle penetrator. Pte Lister is one of six platoon members who were wounded by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) round fired by one of two Viet Cong soldiers who walked into a platoon ambush the previous day. The incident occurred during Operation Atherton, a reconnaissance and ambush operation in the northwest of the province and the battalion's first in Vietnam.