The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. THE TEMPORARY CAMP SITE OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS AND THE 22ND EMPLOYMENT COMPANY AT LABU INLET, LAE BASE SUB-AREA. THE BACKGROUND IS TYPICAL OF THE JUNGLE THROUGH WHICH 30 FEET OF TRACK HAD TO BE CUT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- WX8229 CAPTAIN J.A PRESCOTT (4); VX86700 SIGNALMAN I. LESLIE (5); V72814 SIGNALMAN A. MAHOOD (6); VX83830 LIEUTENANT J. QUIGLEY (8); N212213 SIGNALMAN T.W. WORT (14); NX85192 SIGNALMAN C.W. MORTENSEN (15).
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. WX8229 LIEUTENANT J.A. PRESCOTT (1). 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS, CHECKING A SUBMARINE AND JUNGLE CABLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MARKHAM RIVER AT CUTOVER POINT.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. NX86574 SIGNALMAN R. BYRNE (1), AND WX8229 CAPTAIN J.A. PRESCOTT (2), MEMBERS OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS ALONGSIDE THE LAE TELEPHONE ROUTE ON THE NADZAB RO
Lae, New Guinea. 1944-04-03. A section of Labu Inlet where the Port Moresby to Lae telegraph line crosses about 300 yards from the coconut palm on the left. The line was maintained by the 19th Austral
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. WX8229 CAPTAIN J.A. PRESCOTT (1), 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS CLIMBS A TREE 70 FEET HIGH USING 10 INCH STEEL PEGS EMBEDDED IN THE TRUNK. THE MAST SUPPORTS WIRES CR
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-06. Q108994 CORPORAL C.W. THOMPSON, 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS, HEADQUARTERS, FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TUNING A 133 RADIO SET IN THE MAIN WIRELESS TRANSMITTING CENTRE OF
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. THE MORESBY-LAE JUNGLE CARRIER LINE WHICH IS SUPERVISED AND MAINTAINED BY THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS.
