The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tent quarters of the Officer Commanding 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Note the sandbag wall around the tent which were used as protection against anti-fragmentation mortar attacks.
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966. INTERIOR OF A TENT USED AS LIVING QUARTERS BY A MEMBER OF 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR). NOTE THE BED FULLY ENCLOSED BY A MOSQUITO NET, THE SHORT WA
NUI DAT, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1966. A TYPICAL SANDBAGGED TENT USED AS LIVING QUARTERS BY SOLDIERS OF 5TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (5RAR).
4717548 Private Bryan O'Donnell, 11 Platoon, D Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) sets up a M18A1 Claymore Anti Personnel, Directional Fragmentation Mine at Horseshoe Hill, 1km n
Vung Tau, Vietnam. c.1967. RAAF personnel service a No.35 Squadron Caribou engine on the airfield. Note the drum-and-sandbag revetment in the centre background. The revetment was used for protection a
Two unidentified soldiers walking along the beach near a sandbag wall which was used for protection against the shells of the Turkish gun nicknamed 'Beachy Bill'.
A sand bagged emplacement in the D Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) lines on Nui Dat Hill, later SAS Hill, offering protection in case of enemy mortar fire.
