Blocking positions were allocated to these two soldiers from 8 Battalion, Royal Australian ...

Accession Number CRO/67/0334/NC
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Crothers, Richard William
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Shoalwater Bay
Date made Jul 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Blocking positions were allocated to these two soldiers from 8 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during a search and destroy operation in the Shoalwater Bay training area, north of Rockhampton, Qld. Privates Alan Dyson (left), of Toronto, NSW and Don Henderson, of Henley Beach, Adelaide, are taking part in exercise Noisy Pitta, designed to train them for service in Malaysia later this year.

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