The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 are a Caterpillar bulldozer; a wheeled scraper being towed by a Caterpillar crawler tractor (Army registration number 84 ZX 61); a roller (Army Registration Number 737147); and a grader (Army Registration Number 11 BY 34).
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
'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
1/3762 Sapper (Spr) Ronnie Snow, of Brisbane, Qld, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, takes his pet monkey 'Sultan', to work driving a Caterpillar c
With raised arm and mud up to his ankles, 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (right), 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, directs a grader during the Auster airstrip construction op
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
With their trousers rolled up and working with machetes to cut down the tangle of undergrowth, Corporal Tony Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (left), 4 Troop Royal Australian Engineers and Sapper Bill Farrel
