The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. 1967-12. Task Force fortifications require the use of thousands of sand bags. A daily work force of Vietnamese villagers turn up at the sandpit, a few miles from Nui Dat, to fill and tie the sandbags for one piastre payment a day. The average worker can fill about 130 bags a day, which earns them more than a rice field labourer. The sandbags are then trucked to units and laid by Australian troops.
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-05. Officers of the 1st Australian Task Force Headquarters at work with picks and shovels to fill sandbags as part of the defences around their mess. For an hour at the end of e
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-05. Officers of the 1st Australian Task Force Headquarters at work with picks and shovels to fill sandbags as part of the defences around their mess. For an hour at the end of e
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967-05. Officers were kept busy clearing trenches and sand-bagging weapon pits around the Headquarters Officers' Mess. Captain Ian Wells of Cottesloe, WA, using a shovel to fill a s
Vietnam. 1967-08. While using sand bags to lean on, Flight Lieutenant Phil Hubbard, 42, of Frankston, Vic (centre), who is filling an appointment as Battle Intelligence Officer with the Australian Tas
Vietnam. 1967-08. While using sand bags to lean on, Flight Lieutenant Phil Hubbard, 42, of Frankston, Vic (centre), who is filling an appointment as Battle Intelligence Officer with the Australian Tas
Nui Dat, South Vietnam. July 1967. Trench digging for troops of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) is now much easier. One of the greatest boons to the soldier given the job of sinking a trench or b
