GIL/67/0547/VN
Image copyright: © Australian War Memorial
- ID number
- GIL/67/0547/VN
- Photographer
- Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
- Object type
- Black & white
- Date made
- 1967
- Physical description
- Black & white
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- NUI DAT, VIETNAM. 1967-07. AT HIS EASEL, WAR ARTIST LIEUTENANT (LT) BRUCE FLETCHER OF GLEN IRIS, VIC, WORKS ON AN OIL PAINTING IN HIS OUTDOOR STUDIO IN THE RUBBER TREES AROUND THE AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE BASE. TAKING A KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROGRESS OF THE PORTRAIT PAINTING OF PRIVATE JIM MALONEY OF CAMOOWEAL, QLD, IS CAPTAIN BOB SKELTON OF NEWCASTLE, NSW, WHO IS ATTACHED TO THE 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR). LIEUTENANT FLETCHER WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT THROUGH THE HEEL WITHIN 50 HOURS OF ARRIVAL IN VIETNAM WHEN A CAPTURED ENEMY WEAPON DISCHARGED AND NOW WEARS A CAMOUFLAGED PLASTER CAST.
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