The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
As a war precaution, Australian Army Engineers, in cooperation with the Naval Boom Commander, installed a boom defence against aerial torpedoes in the Manton dam, south of Darwin. The engineers are in the process of unloading a punt from the back of a truck and it will be used to drag a steel ring net across the dam. Identified left, wearing a pith helmet: Commander Fowler, Naval Boom Defence Commander, Darwin area.
As a war precaution, Australian Army Engineers, in cooperation with the Naval Boom Commander, installed a boom defence system against aerial torpedoes in the Manton dam. The vehicle is a 30 CWT K seri
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-01. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LAUNCHING A PUNT ON MANTON DAM DURING THE INSTALLATION OF A BOOM DEFENCE SYSTEM.
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-01. MEMBERS OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO WORKED ON THE BOOM DEFENCE SYSTEM OF MANTON DAM.
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-01. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LAUNCHING A BOAT ON MANTON DAM DURING THE INSTALLATION OF A BOOM DEFENCE SYSTEM.
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-01. BOOM DRUMS USED TO SUPPORT UNDERWATER NET ON MANTON DAM. THIS BOOM IS TO COUNTER AERIAL TORPEDO ATTACK. THE TWO TEMPORARY PYLONS CAN ALSO BE SEEN.
DARWIN, NT, 1943-07-10. TROOPS OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY TROOP C0MPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HAULING ANTI-AERIAL TORPEDO NET ONTO A LANDING AT MANTON DAM.
