AWM Collection Record: JON/70/0367/VN

AWM image JON/70/0367/VN

ID Number: JON/70/0367/VN
Maker: Jones, Michael John
Place made: Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made: June 1970
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Soldiers of the Defence and Employment Platoon of Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat, watch a fourteen foot python snake which slithered into their operational field base in the north of the Province. In the foreground, pointing is Lieutenant Peter Cosgrove of Coogee, NSW, the platoon commander. The snake was adopted by the platoon as a mascot and flown back to Nui Dat.
Copyright: AWM copyright
Copyright holder: AWM copyright
Related subject: Mascots; Wildlife
Related unit: 1 Australian Task Force Vietnam; Employment companies; Headquarters units
Related conflict: Vietnam War, 1962-1972

Last-Modified: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:39:51 GMT

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