| Places | |
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| Accession Number | CUN/71/0528/VN |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Cunneen, William James |
| Date made | 1971 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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South Vietnam. 10 November 1971. Lieutenant (Lt) Mick Murphy of Townsville, Qld, calls `clear' as ...
Description
South Vietnam. 10 November 1971. Lieutenant (Lt) Mick Murphy of Townsville, Qld, calls `clear' as he checks the weapon of one of his tracker platoon members who had just returned to base at Nui Dat after his final patrol. Soon afterwards Lt Murphy and other soldiers of Support Company, 4RAR /NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), were extracted from Nui Dat, Headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) for the last five and a half years. The Battalion is now based at Vung Tau which has become the main base for the marshalling of units for embarkation and the closing down of unit stores ready for shipment to Australia.