The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Slowly but surely, 2/10767 Sapper Bill Wilkie, of Liverpool, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, gets to the end of the new airstrip on his heavy roller. He will go up and down the strip many more times, compacting the earth as he goes. It is a slow job but very necessary if it is to be done well. Judging by the limp wind sock (right), there is no breeze to cool him as he works. The rugged mountain ranges can be seen in the background.
2/8909 Private (Pte) Ray Hutchins, of Port Arlington, Vic, D Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), reckons he 'has the game sewn up' for restful nights when he's out on patrol
Hidden in dugouts long since collapsed, thousands of Japanese bombs have been found on Penang Island, left over from the Second World War. Sappers from 4 Troop (4 Tp), Royal Australian Engineers, atta
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
3/11147 Corporal Vic Pollock, of Petersham, NSW and 2/42552 Sapper Don Mays, of Leichhardt, NSW, both of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Enginee
'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
Informal portrait of2/8724 Private (Pte) Len Colless, of Katoomba, NSW, a former spray painter and now a signalman with B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), operating from K
