The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vietnam. 1967. Former enemies are helping Australian soldiers build a protective fence around Hoa Long village, near the Australian Task Force Base. Viet Cong, who surrendered to the allied side, are being supervised by Lance Corporal Cliff Hoy of Hammondville, NSW, as they carry a coil of barbed wire strung around a pole carried on their shoulders.
Vietnam. 1967. Private Ted Sielicki of Villawood, NSW, a soldier of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), works on fence making with barbed wire with a former Viet Cong who surrende
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
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
Phuoc Tuy province, Vietnam. 1967-06. A roll of barbed wire is prepared by Private Bruce McCrae of West Preston, Vic (left), and Private Warren Madden of Albion, WA. The wire is being used in the cons
Vietnam. 1967. Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), with women and children of the village of Hoa Long, who are behind a barbed wire fence during a search operation.
Vietnam. 1967-09. Stores to build a village to resettle Vietnamese civilians free of Viet Cong domination are made ready for lifting in US Army Chinook helicopters. The resettlement project followed O
