The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 CROSSING TO A SECOND 70 FEET MAST ON THE ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE WHICH IS ONE OF MANY ISLANDS DIVIDING THE RIVER INTO TWO MAIN CHANNELS. THE TOTAL SPAN ACROSS THE MARKHAM RIVER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 800 YARDS (JOINS WITH PHOTOGRAPH NO. 72057).
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. The platform high up on this tree was used for the inspection of a two inch steel cable carrying copper communication wires from Port Moresby. The cable was maintained by
An improvised bridge of tree branches built across the Somme near Camon, in France in May 1918, by the 7th Field Company of Australian Engineers. Constructed as portion of the Amiens Defences and brid