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ESK, NEAR TOOWOOMBA, QLD. 1942. GUNNER CYRIL DUDLEY WARWICK WAITING FOR HIS WASHING TO BOIL IN A DRUM OVER A CAMP FIRE. IT WAS A REST DAY FOR THOSE WITH 2/9TH FIELD REGIMENT BEING TRAINED UNDER THE BRISBANE LINE DEFENCE SCHEME. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
ESK NEAR TOOWOOMBA,QLD. 1943-08. TENT IN THE BUSH USED BY MEMBERS OF 2/9TH FIELD REGIMENT AS THEY TRAINED UNDER THE BRISBANE LINE DEFENCE SCHEME. EACH GUN CREW, SIX MEN, LIVED AND DRILLED TOGETHER. TH
Balikpapan, Borneo. August 1945. Warrant Officer Bunny Young of Brisbane, Qld (left), and WO Charles Smith of Toowoomba, Qld, two of the original members of the 7th Division, who returned to the mainl
Two unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), catch up with some reading while waiting for a bucket of water to boil on a small fire. The newspaper they are
Dutch New Guinea. Time off for washing, at a forward camp using a drum of hot water, a bucket to wash and a dish as a clothes basket, a line between palm trees and a bamboo pole for a prop to dry the
Fire Support Base Diggers' Rest, South Vietnam. 1969-10. The Secretary of the Department of Defence, Sir Henry Bland, looks in on Private Colin Hill of Mareeba, Qld, and a member of 9th Battalion, The
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-03-01. THREE OF THE MEN WHO CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL FISHING SECTION OF THE RAAF, UNRAVELLING ROPE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO BUOYS FOR A "LONG LINE". FRO
