The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. 1942-11-03. THE COMPUTING STAFF OF A FIELD SURVEY SECTION DO ALL MAJOR TRIANGULATION, TRAVERSE AND ASTRONOMICAL COMPUTATIONS. THEIR RESULTS AND RECORDS ENSURE THAT MAPS COMPILED IN THE FIELD FROM PLANE TABLES OR IN THE DRAFTING ROOM FROM AIR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PROPERLY PIECED TOGETHER ON AN ACCURATE MATHEMATICAL BASIS. THE MAIN TOOLS OF TRADE ARE:- TRIGONOMETRICAL TABLES, NAUTICAL ALMANAC, COMPUTING MACHINES AND SLIDE RULES. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS COMPUTING STAFF OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY SECTION AT WORK, FROM LEFT:- CORPORAL W.F. JONES AND CORPORAL D.M. HUBBARD.
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-03. THIS PARTY OF SURVEYORS OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IS ENGAGED ON TRAVERSE OF HIGH STANDARD OF ACCURACY INVOLVING US
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. 1942-11-03. SAPPER J. WAIN (LEFT) AND WARRANT-OFFICER J.B. GREENE OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TAKING LEVELS. CONTROL OF HEIGHTS IS LARG
Long Binh, Vietnam. 1971-02-02. Enamel operating or embalming tables stand in the Collection and Evacuation Section of the United States Army's Graves Registration Collection and Evacuation Point (GRC