The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An attempt to catch the atmosphere of the mobile workshop section of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment. All the heavy machinery is mounted on 4x4 trucks enabling it to be put to use at short notice at any place. On the right a captured Italian lathe is being used. The truck also contains a milling machine, bench drill, bench grinder, and a complete set of hand tools. The heavy duty lathe is on the central truck as well as a pillar drill. Part of the equipment of this truck is a power hack saw. On the left is the fore part of the mobile blacksmith shop. The tyres are draped for protection. The tailboards and sides of these trucks can be lowered and used as benches all round. Power is supplied for engines from a petrol unit sufficient to cover power for all machinery plus camp lighting.
Showing the interior of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment mobile blacksmith truck with a craftsman using the heavy pedestal grinder. The cylinder on the left is an acetylene generator for welding.
One of those everyday scenes with which every soldier is familiar. The water trucks drive backwards and forward to the watering points to keep the various tanks, situated in camps near the kitchen an
In the Syrian campaign this mobile workshop was captured from the French. By degrees it has been equipped with parts from enemy workshops etc. Its present equipment consist of a lathe, drilling machin
An early view of the area known as the transport bowl at Vung Tau, where a vehicle convoy is forming up in preparation for a supply run to the Australian base at Nui Dat. In the foreground an Internat
An electrical and mechanical workshop of 12 Australian Army Troops Company. The central figure is QX41927 Sapper Edward "Shorty" Kellow, shown welding, assisting him is Q153295 Sapper Roy Edward Emery
The image is of two men operating machinery. They are located on a log bridge. They wear khaki coloured shirts with short sleeves, trousers and hats. A truck is parked beneath them, onto whose tray