The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WOODFORD, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1942-07. SAFETY DEVICES ARE INCORPORATED ON ALL MACHINES OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DE-CONTAMINATION UNIT TO INSURE THAT RISK OF INJURY TO PERSONNEL OPERATING THEM IS REDUCED TO A MINIMUM. THE WASHING MACHINES AND THE ROTARY DRIERS HAVE A DEVICE ATTACHED WHICH AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES THE MACHINES OFF WHEN THE COVER IS RAISED; SO THAT BY THE TIME THE COVER HAS BEEN FULLY RAISED THE MACHINE IS NO LONGER IN MOTION.
WOODFORD, QLD. 1942-07. THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DE CONTAMINATION UNIT IS ENTIRELY SELF CONTAINED; WHEN THE NORMAL WATER SUPPLY IS NOT AVAILABLE, WATER IS PUMPED FROM A
WOODFORD, QLD. 1942-07. THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DE-CONTAMINATION UNIT IN OPERATION. PRIVATE L. AYERS (LEFT) ATTENDS TO THE WASHING MACHINE WHILST PRIVATE N. MCMEEKIN O
THE WIRE RODS ARE REDUCED TO THE VARIOUS GAUGES IN WIRE DRAWING MACHINES. THE OPERATION SIMPLY STATED CONSISTS OF PULLING THE WIRE ROD THROUGH A STEEL DIE SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN CIRCUMFERENCE THAN THE RO
Needle pointed panji stakes - primitive, but deadly - were featured in a lecture on captured Viet Cong booby traps given by Sergeant Brett Hogen of Tocumwal, NSW, in training members of his Engineer S
A matrix of ball bearings in concrete that sat in the lower third of the charge casing for a directionally focused improvised explosive device (REL46089.002). It has fragmented and a number of the bal
Korea, c. 1952-05. The two halves of a 44-gallon drum cut lengthways serve as laundry washing tubs for 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). The tubs are set up over log fi
