The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
2/10056 Sapper (Spr) Alf Deeming, of Liverpool, NSW (left) and 2/7563 Spr George Hore, of Parramatta, NSW (right) both of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, get rid of the days grime as they wash under canvas bucket showers. They and their fellow sappers are working hard to lengthen and widen the Auster air strip at Sungei Siput.
2/10763 Sapper (Spr) Gordon Tanswell, of Liverpool, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, prepares a stew on an outdoor field cooker in the shade
'It will take us that way', says 5/834 Sergeant Rex Coverley, of Perth, WA (left), to 3/3352 Lance Corporal Keith (Doc) Everett, of Colac, Vic (right) as they take reduced levels with their theodolite
'Fill her up here a little', says 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (left), 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, as he directs a grader with a machete, during operations to improve
Chow time and a chance to relax and read for these weary sappers from 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, who have been working from dawn to dusk len
Heavy construction vehicles from 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, on the move as they improve the Auster air strip at Sungei Siput. From the left
1/3762 Sapper (Spr) Ronnie Snow, of Brisbane, Qld, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, drives a Caterpillar crawler tractor (Army registration number
