The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified native man looks on while NX170988 Spr R Skidmore (standing), and NX79944 Sapper (Spr ) E Nichols, both of the 17th Field Company, prepare to don their improvised diving gear while building a 30 ton barge slipway near the mouth of the river.
NX170988 Spr R Skidmore (standing), and NX79944 Sapper (Spr ) E Nichols, both of the 17th Field Company, have their native boys mann the pumps of their improvised diving gear as they move into the wat
KALUMALAGI RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-12. N211015 SAPPER J.A. COLE, 17TH FIELD COMPANY, MAKING A WOODEN BOLLARD FOR THE WHARF SECTION OF THE NEW 30 TON BARGE SLIPWAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Sapper (Spr) Neville Wiggins of Riverstone (left) and Spr Ray Skidmore of Sydney, NSW, wearing gas masks they have been using for diving helmets during the constructional w
Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Sapper (Spr) Neville Wiggins of Riverstone (left) and Spr Ray Skidmore of Sydney, NSW, holding their gas masks which they have been using for diving helmets during the cons
KALUMALAGI RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-12. TROOPS OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW 30 TON BARGE SLIPWAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
KALUMALAGI RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-12. A DIVER OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, WORKING UNDER WATER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 30 TON BARGE SLIPWAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
