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5RAR memorial service at Nui Dat, February 1970

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English: Nui Dat, South Vietnam. February 1970. The Tiger Battalion, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), remembers fallen comrades at a memorial parade. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Khan of Woollahra, NSW, is framed against a steel sword set in concrete which is a memorial to the unit's dead. The service, part of 5RAR's farewell parade, was held just before the Battalion left for Australia aboard HMAS Sydney. During its tour of duty 5RAR lost twenty five soldiers but killed 353 enemy: a ratio of fourteen to one.
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Source https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C325445
Author Ward, Peter Anthony

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