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Photograph 027722 Second World War, 1939-1945NORTHERN 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.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 MILE PEG ON THE DARWIN - ALICE SPRINGS ROAD.
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.

NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-11-06. SERGEANT (SGT) G. S. COUCH, 23/21 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION CONSTRUCTING A CEMENT GREASE-TRAP IN THE CAMP AT THE 67 MILE PEG ON THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD. SGT. G.T. COUC

NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-11-06. PRIVATE R.L. ROSS OF THE 23/21 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PLACING A CHARGE AND FUSE IN POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR DYNAMITING AN EXCAVATION FOR A REFUSE PIT IN THE C

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

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.
