The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1736686 Sapper (Spr) Stephen Henry Armbrust (left) of Cairns, Qld, using headphones and a metal detector to locate mines, while 62025 Spr Darryel Binns (right) of Pyngana, Tas, is carefully using his bayonet to prod the loose surface of Route 2 (the main north south road in Phuoc Tuy Province). The men, from 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), are working in the north of the province and before the main engineering work can begin each day, these 'Mini Teams' sweep and clear the road and the work areas around RAE equipment and parked vehicles. At this particular spot, the team are clearing a section of road known as 'Mine Valley', so named, because of the large number of mines found in the area. Spr Binns is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A1 automatic rifle.
Using his headphones and a metal detector, 62025 Sapper (Spr) Darryel Binns (left), of Pyngana, Tas, has located an unidentified object buried in the scrub adjacent to Route 2 (the main north south ro
Aboriginal 1202577 Sapper Claude Malone of Brisbane, Qld (left), and 2794597 Sapper Paul Taylor of Gladsville, NSW, prod for mines in front of a mine and land clearing bulldozer in Phuoc Tuy Province.
Sapper (Spr) Mervyn Chesson of Croydon Park, SA, probes cautiously for a mine with his bayonet while Spr Kevin Atkinson of Merretin, WA, checks for other mines with a detector. The two soldiers, from
South Vietnam. September 1971. Corporal Don Stringer of Bundaberg, Qld (left), and Sapper John Darrington of Northgate, Vic, using a torch, both members of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Enginee
Cam My, South Vietnam. March 1971. Members of 17th Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), visit the village of Cam My, Long Khanh Province. Lieutenant Roger Cooke of Weller's Hill, Q
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1971. Sergeant Berney Bickel of Hammondville, NSW (left), points out a feature on a map of a Viet Cong bunker system to reconnaissance officer Lieutenant John
