The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Forestry Group RAE in Britain shown at work in Dumfrieshire Scotland. Felling timber, transporting to mill on narrow gauge rail trolleys and general shots of forestry workers at workers in sawmill.
A group composition of Australian and British Honduran forestry men felling trees in the remote forests of Scotland during the Second World War. Hawkins heard about the important, but largely unknown,
A figure stands in front of a saw mill preparing a log in preparation for rail transport. The 3rd Coy, Australian Forestry Unit based in Canonbie, Dumfrieshire, Scotland is situated in close proximity
Depicts members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Forestry Units, moving felled logs in the snow. The artist inscribed on the work that this was the workers' "first sno
Depicts felled trees and shelter in the forests of Scotland, where Australian Forestry Units were stationed during the Second World War. Sheila Hawkins visited Scotland on two-weeks' leave from her jo
Troops of the 2/4 Australian Field Company RAE replacing huts with a more waterproof type. Timber was cut and milled in the vicinity. Average work at the mill was 4,000 ft lineal per day. The only imp
Australian Forestry Units working in Dumfriesshire in Scotland move felled and cut wood which are then loaded onto trucks and transported to the saw mill for further processing. The use of skids or p
