The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
QLD. C. 1941. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEN OF 1ST FIELD TROOP, 1ST FIELD SQUADRON RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS) (THEY WERE MOUNTED, THUS THE EMU PLUMES IN THEIR HATS), ATTACHED TO 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE, FOR TRAINING. LEFT TO RIGHT: STANDING: UNKNOWN, SERGEANT (SGT) H. STARK, SGT F. DEAN, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, SAPPER (SPR) M. BISHOP, SPR E. FANNING; KNEELING: SGT KEN BRADSHAW, SGT JOHN WINTERFLOOD, SGT KEITH OELRICHS, SGT DOUG MURRAY; SGT PETER WYCHE; LYING IN FRONT: UNKNOWN. ALL THE SERGEANTS WERE GRADUATE ENGINEERS GIVEN ACTING NCO RANK WHILE AWAITING THEIR COMMISSIONS. (DONOR: G. LOVELY)
SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1938-10. 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS), MEMBERS IN CAMP DEMONSTRATE TYPES OF REVETMENT SUITABLE FOR A TRENCH SYSTEM DUG IN SANDY OR UNSTABLE SOIL. OPERATING A LI
QLD. C. 1939. GROUP OF 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS). LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: CORPORAL (CPL) ALF KETLEY, UNKNOWN, WARRANT OFFICER 2 O. G. WILLS, UNKNOWN, SERGEANT LOGAN, SAPPER
PINE RIVER, QLD. C. 1940-12. MEN OF 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS), IN CAMP NEAR PETRIE TRAINING IN THE USE OF FOLDING BOAT EQUIPMENT (FBE). IN THE BOW OF THIS MK1 ASSAULT BOAT I
PINE RIVER, QLD. C. 1941. 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS), IN CAMP AT CASH'S CROSSING NEAR PETRIE. 1ST FIELD TROOP RAE WATER THEIR HORSES AT A CANVAS DRINKING TROUGH CONSTRUCTED A
KELVIN GROVE, QLD. C. 1938. 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS), COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION OF A MK2 SMALL BOX GIRDER BRIDGE AT THEIR DRILL HALL. LIEUTENANT J. C. SAINT-SMITH STANDS RIGH
Using his headphones and a metal detector, 62025 Sapper (Spr) Darryel Binns (left), of Pyngana, Tas, has located an unidentified object buried in the scrub adjacent to Route 2 (the main north south ro
