The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-10. MEMBERS OF THE 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING POSITIONS AT THEIR .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUNS PRIOR TO A PRACTICE SHOOT AT THE RANGE AT THE 67 MILE PEG ON THE DARWIN - ALICE SPRINGS ROAD. VX6649 SGT. P.V. MIDDLETON (1) VX57440 PTE. J.J. DILLON (2) VX13480 PTE B CARMICHAEL (3) VX43504 PTE. C. LEERSEN (4)
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIAN. 1942-10. SERGEANT P.V. MIDDLETON, OF THE 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, FIRING A BURST FROM A .303 BREN MARK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN DURING RANGE PRACTICE. VX6649 SGT
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-06. CORPORAL D.G. BAKER (LEFT) AND PRIVATE S.J. FROST OF THE 23/21 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING A CONCRETE FLOOR UNDER THE SHOWERS AT THE CAMP AT THE 67
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-11-02. GENERAL VIEW OF NO.3 SECTION'S CAMP, 23RD FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AT THE 69 MILE PEG ON THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD FROM DARWIN TO ALICE SPRINGS.
51 1/2 MILE POINT, STUART HIGHWAY, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-17. PERSONNEL OF THE 11TH INFANTRY BATTALION FIRING FROM THE 100 YARDS MOUND ON THE RIFLE RANGE DURING A PRACTICE SHOOT.
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-29. TAR DRUMS, ROLLED OUT FLAT AFTER HAVING BEEN OPENED OUT, ARE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALLS OF AN AMMUNITION SHED FOR 41ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD BATTERY, 1
Northern Territory, Australia. July 1942. Forming a new section of the Alice Springs-Darwin 1000 mile road. Bulldozers scoop out the earth from the hillside to fill in a depression.
