Accession Number | FOD/67/0113/HQ |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Canberra, ACT. 1 March 1967. Major H. W. Pope, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Director ...
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.