PHUOC LOI. TWO ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS USING A MINE DETECTOR SOUTH OF PHUOC LOI, IN THE ...

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Accession Number P01657.022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made April 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

PHUOC LOI. TWO ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS USING A MINE DETECTOR SOUTH OF PHUOC LOI, IN THE MINEFIELD THAT THE AUSTRALIANS HAD LAID FROM DAT DO TO PHUOC HAI ON THE COAST. THE ENGINEERS WERE ATTACHED TO 6 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT. A SECTION OF ONE OF THE TWO SIX-FOOT HIGH BARBED WIRE FENCES THAT ENCLOSED THE MINEFIELD CAN BE SEEN.