The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Viet Cong. They are given a helping hand by children from the village of Phuoc Loi.
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
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. 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
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
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
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
