P01749.018 Accession Number: P01749.018

Description

A dummy detonating charge made of wood placed to the left of a land-mine during a training exercise. Australian sappers were attached to the Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and were posted to Mine Clearance Training Units (MCTU) to give courses in land mine identification, minefield marking and mine clearance to the local people.

Details

Accession Number
P01749.018
Photographer
Corporal A Clark
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Brand: Kodak - Safety Film
Date Made
c. December 1992
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor A Clark
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

Conflicts

Units

Tags

Accession P01749.018

More like this

P01749.015

Photograph P01749.015 Period 1990-1999

An unknown New Zealand corporal squatting beside an land-mine he has just exposed by hand. Australian and New Zealand sappers were attached to the Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and we

P01749.011

Photograph P01749.011 Period 1990-1999

A pyramid shaped marker placed next to an exposed anti-personnel mine in a roped off area beside a country road. Australian sappers attached to the United Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC

P01749.006

Photograph P01749.006 Period 1990-1999

A Cambodian mine clearance trainee using hedge clippers to clear grass and expose a land-mine. Australian sappers attached to the United Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) were posted to M

P01749.017

Photograph P01749.017 Period 1990-1999

Smoke rises from a controlled explosion of recovered mines (centre). Australian and New Zealand sappers were attached to the Nations Training Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and were posted to Mine Clea

P01749.013

Photograph P01749.013 Period 1990-1999

A member of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces (CPAF) squatting inside a roped off danger area during a mine clearing exercise on a country road. Note the green Claymore anti-personnel charge (with w

P01749.012

Photograph P01749.012 Period 1990-1999

Two members of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces (CPAF) standing beside a roped off danger area during mine clearing exercises on a country road. Australian sappers attached to the United Nations Tr

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 8 September 2025 - 2.40 am