Submitted by Editorial Team on April 26, 2012 12:51pm

Picture taken moments before a mine was triggered near An Nhut, 14 February 1967

Officers and senior NCOs from 5RAR gather for an O Group briefing near the village of An Nhut, 14 February 1967. Moments later one of the party triggered an undisclosed mine or booby trap, which killed three men and wounded five others. Among the dead was Captain Peter Williams, a New Zealand artillery FO attached to the Australian battalion.

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Image courtesy Colleen Brooker

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How to cite this page: 'Tragedy at An Nhut', URL: https://vietnamwar.govt.nz/photo/tragedy-an-nhut, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 26-Apr-2012