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Post 1945, South East Asia, Vietnam, 105 Field Battery, RAA, 1966

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Digital copy of photograph of L5 howitzer of 105 Field Battery in action in Vietnam,

Historical information

The 105th Field Battery was formed in 1955. It was the first artillery battery to leave Australia for active service in Vietnam and the first to return there for a second twelve-month tour of duty.

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cwa-org-32-57-328

Contextual Information

The original of this image is in the Collection of the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society of Western Australia. A Memorial exhibit summarising105 Battery's Vietnam service is located in the Archives of the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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11.141414356657, 106.46151111614

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