The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 water during the building a 30 ton barge slipway near the mouth of the river.
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 bui
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
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 Guinea. Natives working the pumps for Australian sappers who improvised diving helmets from gas masks while building a slipway for barge repairs.
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.
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.
