The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. CORPORAL R. LATHAM (2) AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) R.J. HAWTHORNE (4), MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, AT WORK DRILLING THE FACE OF A QUARRY FOR BLASTING. THE GRAVEL IS USED FOR AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: (LAC) E.T.H. MITCHELL (1); (LAC) W.H. PAICE (3).
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-23. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN TABONE, 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, USING A TD14 BULLDOZER, MOVING GRAVEL FOR THE AIRSTRIP ACROSS THE QUARRY BEFORE PUSHING IT UP TO THE "
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. A SECTION OF THE CHINAMAN (RAMP FOR LOADING GRAVEL ONTO TRUCKS) IN THE QUARRY WORKED BY MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF.
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) J.H. MITCHELL (1), LAC V.E. LIGHT (2), AND FLIGHT SERGEANT B.A. BOATTER (3), MEMBERS OF THE RAAF, AND TROOPER H.L. BURDEN, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE BURSTING IN THE ROCK FACE OF THE QUARRY WORKED BY MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-10. STAND CLEAR IS THE ORDER GIVEN BY THE POWDER MONKEY WITH A RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, AS A CHARGE OF GELIGNITE EXPLODES BLASTING GRAVEL FROM THE FACE O
Informal portrait of 33620 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) John Arthur Harding from Waverley, NSW, a member of No 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF, at work in a coral quarry with a bulldozer. Coral is
