The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified member of the Assault Pioneers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), with a mine detector, leads a patrol through steep hills in Korea. Other members of the team follow behind at a safe distance. Casualties from land mines and booby traps have been minimized by the efficiency of Assault Pioneer teams.
An unidentified member of the Assault Pioneers of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), with a mine detector, leads a patrol through the hills of Korea. Other members of the team fo
VX104461 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Allan Charles Knight (right)) and VX147137 Pte Francis Cyril Barr (holding a rifle), both 24 Infantry Battalion troops, on a mine clearing operation. Pte Knight operates a
AP SUOI NGHE, SOUTH VIETNAM. 1968. BAGS OF CHARCOAL ARE CHECKED WITH A MINE DETECTOR FOR HIDDEN ARTICLES AND BOOBY TRAPS BY 7TH BATTALION ASSAULT PIONEERS, CORPORAL TREVOR BOURKE (LEFT) AND PRIVATE LA
Private John Vincent of Noble Park, Vic, uses a mine detector to clear the dense jungle floor of booby traps and mines. He was taking part in a clearing operation by 1st Battalion, The Royal Australia
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. June 1971. Sergeant Harry Bird of Penrith, NSW, holds a Viet Cong (VC) switch used for mines and booby traps. The VC have proved ingenious at making these switches f
Soldiers, probably from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moving through a section of the Long Hai hills that has been subjected to B52 strikes and artillery bombardment, part of th
