Standard issue item used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam.A discoloured booklet written in Vietnamese and English describing the mines & booby traps used by the Viet Cong. Front cover yellowed cardboard with shield with sword. Star on wings over anchor.booby traps, mines, viet cong, australian army

Hard cover with jacket. 270 pages covering black and white schematics of booby traps.Author - Ian Jones

A blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front cover. Top right hand corner reads 7610-66-113-7782. Under the Australian Army insignia are the details of the manual. There are two punch holes down the left hand side and the manual is covered in a plastic cover.australia - armed forces - service manuals, land warfare, engineer training, mine warfare, booby traps

A blue coloured cardboard cover which has faded around the edges. The information on the front of the cover is in black. Under the Australian Army Insignia are the details of the booklet. Top right hand corner reads DSN 7610-66-048-1189/ Under this is 6 TPT COLM which has been stamped om in blue ink. There are two punch holes down the left hand side of the book.australian army, field engineering, booby traps, 6 tpt colm

A blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. Near the top right corner reads W.O. Code No. 8741. There are two photograps with the information of the booklet above and below them. There are three punch holes down the left hand side of the booklet.british armed forces - service manuals, field engineering, mine warfare, booby traps

A blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. Top right hand corner reads DSN 7610-66-048-1189. Botton left hand corner there is a white label with 623.262 F4536:B AUS on it. There are two punch holes down the left hand side. The booklet is covered with a plastic cover.australia - armed forces - service manuals, field engineering, booby traps

A cream coloured cardboard cover with black information on the cover. Top right hand corner handwritten in ink is 2Tp. There is also a stain in this corner. there are two different black and cream insignias on the cover with most of the details of the booklet between them. The booklet is held together with two metal staplesvc - nva, mines and booby traps, combined intelligence center vietnam

vietnam war, 1962-75, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat

Black plastic reel for booby trapwire reel

Box with booby trap, instructions and shell case.equipment, ww2, army

A colour photo of a booby trap in tunnel in VietnamFrom Balrarring Probus 14 June 2018photograph, vietnam, booby trap

mines, booby traps

The first tunnel rats: this is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes...and reinvented larrikin to. Amongst the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps - then partied all night in a casino they'd built in secret. They led hundreds of American troops to safety, but fought the US military police to a standstill in the bars of South Vietnam. They built the Australian Task Force's base - then sabotaged a headquarters conference, booby trapped showers and blew up a generator rather than kowtow to newly arrived officers.3 field troop royal australian engineers, cpl bob bowtell, tunnel rats, royal australian engineers, 1rar battalion, booby traps, viet cong, australian task force

A cream coloured cardboard with black writing. This is a folded booklet with four sections and all eight pages have information on themaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, enemy mines, booby traps, contact drills, scouting

A cream coloured cardboard with black writing. This is a folded booklet with four sections and all eight pages have information on themaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, enemy mines, booby traps, contact drills, scouting

Black & White laminated photo of Pte Bill Blaikie forward scout 12 platoon 14/07/1965 after being wounded by booby trap. Two other soldiers attending him.photograph, pte bill blaikie

Items in the collection re Lt. Col. Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details.This is a handmade folder holding foolscap sheets. The sheets are printed on both sides. Some of the sheets have drawings of patrol formations, maps and how to make booby traps. It has several pages of Japanese Battle procedures. The book is bound with 2 metal clips. It has R.T. Procedures, Land Mines and barbed wire entanglements.Written on front is "MAJ. Priddle". Inside front cover, on a sticky label is "On loan from the estate of Colonel J. W. Swatton Ref No. JWS M36". passchendaele barracks trust, battle procedures

2x black and white photos on 1 laminated sheet of Pte Bill Blaikie 12 platoon, forward scout on 14/07/1965. Bill set off a booby trap and sustained 10 wounds to hips and legs. Also wounding his mate Ron Riley in the arm. Pics show Bill in bed being attended by medical staff in obvious pain - shows woundsphotograph, pte bill blaikie

The Dogtor knocked at 13 Spook Street and a faint voice said "Come in". Behind another door inside, came a faint child's voice "Help me" which led the Dogtor down a passageway. It was of course, Crafty Carson Carpetbag setting a booby trap to kill him by using a trick string and a huge stone. The Dogtor braced himself and pushed open the door...The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript

1. A4 pages held together with one staple - Assault Pioneers Demolitions Part 1, 1953. 8 pages. 2. A4 size page - held together with one staple - Assault Pioneers 1953 - 2 pages. 3. A4 size page single. Preparation of M18A1 Claymore mine for firing. 4. Foolscap page - Safety regulations for M2A1-7 Flame thrower. 5. Foolscap page - single sheet. Assault Pioneers, Mine Warfare and Booby Traps, General Rules.training, army, notes

A black board with white text about "5RAR "Operation Canberra"6th-10th Oct 1966"5RAR "Operation Canberra" 6th-10th Oct1966 Premilinary clearance of a Mountain prior to Operation Robin. Photos depic the evacuation of wounded 8 platoon soldiers after engaging with VC trail watchers then booby trap explosions on the southern slope of Nui Thi Vai - 8th Oct 1966 A landing zone (LZ) was hand cleared from dense jungle to enable a helicopter to land for evacuation for the wounded.honours and awards, 5 rar

Bapaume was a large German-held town almost within sight of the Australians’ trench lines throughout the winter months on the Somme. Suddenly, from 24 February 1917 it became evident that the enemy was retiring. The British advanced after them, and by the morning of 17 March Australian troops reached the outskirts of Bapaume. The soldiers’ heightened spirits were exemplified by the band of the 5th Australian Brigade playing amid the burning ruins as they marched into the old town square on the 19th. However booby traps and time bombs had been left behind; one exploded in the town hall a week later burying men and killing twenty-five.On the Western Front, Bapaume was a coveted position between the two strategically-important areas of Artois and Somme. The Germans occupied the town in 1914 and in the final eighteen months of the war it changed hands three times.Rectangular shaped Sepia photograph with an added note underneath.Bapaume was occupied by Australian troops on the 30th Mar 1917. An Australian mounted patrol moving through the wrecked streets of the town. Note the French helmet on the forward rider.ww1, bapaume, french battlefields, lara r.s.l.world war one, australian army.

This book reproduces the SRD Technical Handbook, which was a top secret equipment supply catalogue published for internal use within SRD in February, 1945. While many of the items in the handbook are British SOE “special stores” shipped over from London, a great deal of developmental and experimental work was done by SRD’s Technical Directorate at its technical research station at Mount Martha on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. A flick through these pages will show unusual items such as folding midget motorbikes, silenced pistols and machine guns, knuckle-knives, mini-submarines, booby trap devices and more. In fact, it contains just about everything a WWII-era commando or a spy required to successfully complete a secret mission. Lavishly illustrated with original wartime photographs, plans and diagrams, many never before seen publicly, the S.R.D. Technical Handbook is timely evidence that mankind is never as ingenious as he is during time of war.australian special operations, special forces, commandos, world war ii