The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, have been given the job of destroying or removing these bombs. These unidentified men from 4 Trp are working daily at this dangerous job. Here, a bulldozer with a thrown track (bottom right) sits stuck in the mud where it was clearing away earth from one such collapsed dugout. An unidentified group of officers and men are standing in the background, while two other unidentified men try to repair the bulldozer.
Explosives expert 3/11147 Corporal Vic Pollock, of Petersham, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, places plastic explosive in readin
Unidentified officers and men of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers, inspect the blast damage and a water filled crater after a number of
Gently, gently, 2/8081 Sapper (Spr) David McCallum, of Concorde, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, has uncovered an unexploded 60
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
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
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
