Crib Point 1966. A Military Funeral Cortege for young Colin Whiston.
Crib Point 1966. A Military Funeral Cortege for young Colin Whiston.
DATE1966
MEDIAImage
PHOTOGRAPHERRod Nuske | photographer for Westernport News in the 1960s and 1970s.
COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society
REG NO.P1576
HISTORYCrib Point | HMAS Cerberus
Military Funeral Cortege of Private Colin Whiston of Crib Point. Colin was killed in the Battle of Longh Thanh during the Vietnam War, just a few days after arriving at the war front.
Australian Military men marching past a church ahead of a military band and a funeral cortege.
SUBJECTSconscription, funeral processions, military, wars
KEYWORDS