Image Gallery: September 2008
23 September 2008
Private David Fisher
In August, the remains recovered in the Cam My District of Vietnam was officially identified as Private David Fisher. Private David Fisher of the Special Air Services Regiment (SASR) fell from a rope beneath a Royal Australian Air Force helicopter during a "hot extraction" of his patrol on 27 September 1969. It is now known that Private Fisher died as a result of the fall and was hastily buried by enemy soldiers who discovered his body.
| 20080803adf00000_001 The Team Archaeologist can be seen kneeling in the centre of the photo (blue and white checked shirt with tan coloured hat with a black hat band) using his trowel to remove remains from the primary site. In the background can be seen the small mountain named Be Bac and just to the right and beyond it Nui Chua Chan near Highway 1, also in Dong Nai Province. (Date taken: 03 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080809adf00000_002 The Song Rai river and the Suoi Sap stream in the former Long Khanh Province. The area has now been incorporated into and renamed Dong Nai Province. The entire area was primary jungle with the height of the trees averaging 26 metres. (Date taken: 09 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080809adf00000_003 The Suoi Sap stream, now known as Suoi Da stream. The stream, in flood, averages a depth of 5 metres and is extremely fast flowing. In places it is up to 30 metres wide and at others, where the banks are steep and deeply cut, it is only 5 metres wide, and at that point it is very deep. (Date taken: 09 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080824adf00000_004 The southern bank of the Suoi Sap, within the immediate search area. There are two craters from the B52 bombing missions, which was a Main Supply Route used by the Vietnamese Peoples Army during the American War. (Date taken: 24 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080825adf00000_005 A smaller crater caused by US Artillery projectiles. (Date taken: 25 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080827adf00000_006 The joint recovery operation by the Australian and Vietnamese Governments utilising Australian forensic experts and Vietnamese workers, administrative staff and security officers. (Date taken: 27 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080828adf00000_007 Private Fishers’ identity disc. Two separate metal detector searches of the primary and secondary sites were conducted. The first (using Schonstedt's) was for unexploded ordnance which posed a danger to all concerned was carried out first. The second, (using Minelabs) was to search for any remaining metallic items carried by Private Fisher. (Date taken: 28 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080828adf00000_008 The soil which was removed from the primary and secondary sites by the archaeologist or his trained assistants, was placed in buckets and carried to a nearby, wet sieving station. (Date taken: 28 August 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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