"Going back to the incident, from the one mine, there was one chappie, the lieutenant, killed instantly. The rest of us, the people that were close to the explosion were the worst affected. They were broken arms, broken legs, twisted legs, just carnage everywhere. It's hard to visualise just the amount of damage that one mine can do. It's no larger than a jam tin. And yet, we've ended up with one killed and 17 wounded. The badly wounded had to be lifted out of the stretcher, they couldn't even walk to the helicopter evacuation pad. Because it was in semi-jungle, bush area, the helicopters couldn't land. Everyone had to be winched up, whether it be on a stretcher or in a seat type arrangement, a harness type arrangement. There was no real panic, because anyone that wasn't injured was assisting the wounded. And none of us are doctors, you can only bandage up any areas that are bleeding, put a splint there if you think the leg is broken, but basically all first aid is rendered once you're back into the hospital area."

CORPORAL PHIL BAXTER