Accession Number | COL/67/0202/VN |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Coleridge, Michael |
Place made | Vietnam |
Date made | 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Vietnam. 1967. In a thick jungle patch near the Australian Task Force base, Private Kevin Borger ...
Description
Vietnam. 1967. In a thick jungle patch near the Australian Task Force base, Private Kevin Borger of Sydney, NSW, a soldier of B Company, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), had a fixed stare and was frightened to move a muscle when he was snapped by Army photographer Sergeant Mike Coleridge. The reason for the fixed stare was a deadly seven foot cobra just out of the camera angle.