The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Vietnam. 1969-07. A bulldozer from plant troop, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), is the first vehicle across a newly-finished bridge in eastern Phuoc Tuy Province. The bridge, one of two being built by Australian engineers, will open Route 23 to the villagers of Xuyen Moc.
South Vietnam. 1969-07. This bridge being built by engineers from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) for the Vietnamese people of Xuyen Moc in eastern Phuoc Tuy Province along Ro
South Vietnam. 1969-07. Discussing plans for a new bridge being built by engineers of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) are Corporal Derwent Hage of Wallaroo, SA (left), and the
XUYEN MOC, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1969-07. A GIANT SKYCRANE HELICOPTER HOVERS ABOVE A STEEL GIRDER IT HAS JUST LOWERED INTO POSITION NEAR THE VILLAGE IN EASTERN PHUOC TUY PROVINCE. THE SKYCRANE WAS ASSISTING
South Vietnam. 1969-07. A Vietnamese boy watches as Corporal Greg Roberts of Mentone, Vic, bores a hole in the bridge's wood planking. The engineers from the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engin
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. 1969-04. Three young Vietnamese boys (apprentice carpenters) give Sapper Bob Young of Mount Morgan, Qld, a hand to lay strips of timber across a bridge along Route 2
Xuyen Moc, South Vietnam. 1969-06. Villagers in eastern Phuoc Tuy Province recoil at the sight of the bodies (not in view) of dead Viet Cong (VC) killed when they attempted to ambush armoured personne
