Canberra, ACT. 1 March 1967. Major H. W. Pope, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Director ...

Accession Number FOD/67/0113/HQ
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Ford, John Alfred
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Canberra, ACT. 1 March 1967. Major H. W. Pope, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Director of Personal Staff (DPS), at Army Headquarters (AHQ), Canberra, looks at pictures of B Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), featured in the first edition of Life Australia. The twelve page series of colour pictures were taken in South Vietnam during a recent search and destroy operation against the Viet Cong. Copies of the magazine, released this week, were sent to Vietnam and to units in Australia for distribution to soldiers.