The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-03-09. SERGEANT T.W.F. KENNY (LEFT) AND SERGEANT W.H. MARDEN OPERATE A SHAPING MACHINE AT THE LAND HEADQUARTERS EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. IN THESE WORKSHOPS THE STAFF ARE ALL EXPERTS IN THEIR TRADE. THE WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1935 AND HAVE DONE VALUABLE WORK IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATION'S PROGRESS IN WEAPONS.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-09. SERGEANT J. SCRIVEN (RIGHT) AND PRIVATE J. RICHARDSON (APPRENTICE), TURNERS, EMPLOYED AT LAND HEADQUARTERS EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MEC
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-09. CAPTAIN G. SNOWDEN, MC, OFFICER COMMANDING, AND LIEUTENANT N.E. CLARKE, SECOND IN COMMAND, OF LAND HEADQUARTERS EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AN
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-09. GENERAL VIEW OF THE LATHE SHOP AT LAND HEADQUARTERS EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, CORPORAL F.P. WALSH IS ON THE LEFT.
Corporal J Whiting (left foreground), VX86277 Sergeant Cedric Charles Davis (centre) and VX150464 Corporal Francis Patrick Walsh at work on a 25-pounder gun and a 17-pounder anti-tank gun in the Land
MOOREBANK, NSW. 1944-10-25. MAGNETO AND SPARK PLUG SERVICE AT THE ELECTRICAL ANNEXE (IGNITION), LAND HEADQUARTERS ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SCHOOL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- STAFF SERGEANT
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-09. SERGEANT A.L.R. SIEVERS OF LAND HEADQUARTERS EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PAINTING A SILHOUETTE OF TOOLS THAT ARE USE
