File:Australian troops during Operation Hammer SVN 1969 (AWMBEL690382VN).jpg

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AWM Caption: During Operation Hammer, troops of 6 Platoon, B Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), commanded by Major Murray Blake, supported by Centurion tanks of No 4 Troop, 1st Armoured Regiment, sweep towards the edge of a rubber plantation at Duc Trung, five miles north of the 1st Australian task force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. The Australians inflicted heavy casualties on a strong force of North Vietnamese army (NVA) soldiers. Identified from the APC are: Private (Pte) Ray Frauenfelder ( with radio ); Pte Peter Wardrope; Corporal (Cpl) Peter Pezet, Section Commander; 2nd Lieutenant Bob Hutchison, Platoon Commander; Pte Greg Spike Dwiar; Pte Bill (Boong) Errington; two unidentified; Pte Doug Mackellar; Pte Mick Cox; unidentified.

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Date

1969-06-07

Author

Bellis, Christopher John

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This image is Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974. The copyright has therefore expired. [1][2]

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The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed to the WMF in VRTS ticket # 2017062010010417

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:18, 9 March 2020	450 × 303 (54 KB)	AustralianRupert (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 14:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC): now PD so the smaller version isn't necessary
	22:52, 10 December 2017	385 × 259 (17 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	14:16, 14 August 2009	450 × 303 (54 KB)	Anotherclown (talk \| contribs)

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