Men of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), preparing to pull out of South ...

Accession Number P04667.377
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Gibbons, Denis Stanley
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 21 August 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Men of 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), preparing to pull out of South Vietnam. The men are preparing C ration resupplies for 8RAR Diggers in the field and stop work to listen to the Australian Prime Minister, John Gorton announce the non replacement of 8RAR and the gradual phased withdrawal of all Australian forces in Vietnam.

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