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Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, c. 1967-09. Corporal Trent Grall, Commander of 3 Section, Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), squatting outside a Viet Cong (VC) mine and booby trap factory that the platoon had discovered, possibly during Operation Ainslie. On the table at the front of the factory sit various booby traps under construction, including one being made from a bottle. (Donor P. Aitken)
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, c. 1967-05. Corporal Trent Grall, Section Commander of 3 Section, Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), primin
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, c. 1967-05. Corporal Trent Grall (left) and Lance Corporal Barry O'Brien, both of the Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Reg
Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, c. 1968-01. Lance Corporal Peter Budworth (left), 2nd-in-command of 3 Section, Assault Pioneer Platoon, Support Company, the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (
South Vietnam. June 1971. Sergeant Harry Bird of Penrith, NSW, shows how a tilt switch could be fitted into a Viet Cong (VC) mine. On the board beside him are various types of VC mines and booby traps
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Sergeant Harry Bird of Penrith, NSW, holds a Viet Cong (VC) switch used for mines and booby traps. The VC have proved ingenious at making these switches f
PHUOC TUY PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1967-06. LANCE-CORPORAL COLLINS IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF "A" COMPANY, 7TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (7RAR), INSPECTING A VIET CONG (VC) CAMP
