The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of 147142 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Joseph Vincent Grimes, 8th Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF from West Coburg, Victoria, acting as powder monkey, preparing and priming charges of explosives to be fitted into holes drilled in the quarry face. LAC Grimes was a 24-year-old letter carrier prior to enlisting in the RAAF on 16 February 1944 and continued to serve until demobilised on 20 March 1946. He had previously served in the Army as QX20006 Private Grimes of the 4th Independent Company from 30 June 1941 until 9 January 1943.
Informal portrait of 128898 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Albert Green from Bendigo, Victoria, a Powder Monkey belonging to No 8 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF setting a charge of gelignite into the
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. NOT A MACHINE GUN: CORPORAL A. J. WHYTE, QLD, A RAAF POWDER MONKEY, SHOULDERS HIS PNEUMATIC DRILL AFTER PREPARING FOR BLASTING. HIS HAS BEEN DRILLING CORAL T
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, 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
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
AITAPE, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-06. CORPORAL A. J. WHYTE, QLD, A RAAF POWDER MONKEY, USES A PNEUMATIC DRILL TO DRILL CORAL TO BE USED AS FOUNDATIONS FOR AN AIRSTRIP IN THE AITAPE AREA.
