The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
CHERMSIDE, QLD. C. 1941-05. A TRENCH TRAVERSE CONSTRUCTED BY 11TH FIELD COMPANY, RAE (ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS). THE PARAPET IN FRONT IS TURFED TO HIDE NEW WORK FROM GROUND OBSERVATION. THE PARADOS AT THE REAR (NOT YET TURFED) IS HIGHER THAN THE PARAPET SO RIFLEMEN ARE NOT SILHOUETTED. THE SIX FEET DEEP TRENCH WOULD NORMALLY BE FINISHED WITH DUCKBOARDS. (DONOR: G. LOVELY)
Non-reinforced observation post consisting of a wooden base made with four boards creating a frame. The interior sides of the frame have been cut to form a circular hole, large enough to fit a head th
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 1952. THE FINISHED HILLTOP OBSERVATION POST BUILT BY THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH TO MONITOR THE BRITISH ATOMIC TEST ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS. PRESS P
NEAR ROUGH RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 1952. THE FINISHED HILLTOP OBSERVATION POST BUILT BY THE PRESS EXPEDITION FROM PERTH TO MONITOR THE BRITISH ATOMIC TEST ON THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS. PRESS P
A trench at Quinn's Post at Anzac Cove. The officer in the trench on the right is Lieutenant Archibald, who later became acting Adjutant of the 11th Battalion (probably John Arnold Archibald (later k
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-08. SO THAT PERSONNEL OF 149TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY WOULD NOT HAVE TO WALK TO A NEIGHBOURING AUSTRALIAN UNIT FOR SHOWERS, THEY SANK A WELL AND BOUGHT
Portrait of 5714255 Signalman Alan Munro Booker, 104 Signal Squadron, seated near his bed pit on an operation (probably Operation Coburg). One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2
