The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of 8 Platoon, C Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) erect a barrier fence at the Horseshoe, near Dat Do, in 1966. Known as 'The Barrier Minefield', the fence consisted of two paralell belts of barbed wire, one hundred yards apart, each six feet high and six feet wide, with a minefield between, and intended to block Viet Cong (VC) movement from the east of Phuoc Tuy province. Identified are, from far left: 3787200 Private (Pte) Robert Wright and 2781314 Pte William (Bill) Cavanagh.
PHUOC LOI. A VIEW SOUTHWARDS TOWARDS PHUOC LOI, SHOWING ONE OF THE TWO SIX-FOOT HIGH BARBED WIRE FENCES THAT ENCLOSED THE MINEFIELD THAT RAN FROM DAT DO TO PHUOC HAI ON THE COAST. AT FAR LEFT, A SECTI
Concertina barbed wire is being used to make a long fence across an area called the barrier minefield to protect the people of several villages from the Viet Cong. Soldiers of 5th Battalion, The Royal
Soldiers of 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), are building the barrier minefield, protected by a long barbed wire entanglement fence, to separate several villages from harassing Vie
Aerial view of part of the barrier minefield near Dat Do. Now partially cleared, the minefield runs from the Horseshoe feature to the coast at Lang Phuoc Hai.
Aerial view of part of the barrier minefield near Dat Do. Now partially cleared, the minefield runs from the Horseshoe feature to the coast at Lang Phuoc Hai.
Aerial view of part of the barrier minefield near Dat Do. Now partially cleared, the minefield runs from the Horseshoe feature to the coast at Lang Phuoc Hai.