The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
3/35037 Lieutenant (Lt) (later General) Peter Gration of Hartwell, Vic (left) talks to Sapper (Spr) John O'Donnell, of Lancashire, UK (centre) and Spr Des Aubertin, of Torrington, UK (right), all of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. The men are preparing to move off in their grader, to work on the Auster air strip at Sungei Siput. Lt Gration Graduated from Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1952, and later served in South Vietnam as a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding 1st Civil Affairs (CA) Unit from 1969-1970. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) which was Gazetted by the Commonwealth of Australia on 7 January 1971. He later became Chief of the Australian General Staff from 1984-1987 and Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 1987-1993.
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
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
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
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
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
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
