The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Beaufort, North Borneo. 1945-07-01. Members of 2/16th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, travelling on a jeep they had converted for use on railway tracks. Heavy mud had made the roads impassable and most of the Line of Communication movement was by water traffic on the Padas River.
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/16 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TRAVELLING ON A JEEP WHICH THEY CONVERTED FOR USE ON THE RAILWAY LINE BECAUSE MUD HAS MADE THE ROADS IMPASSABL
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/16 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TRAVELLING ON A JEEP WHICH THEY CONVERTED FOR USE ON THE RAILWAY LINE BECAUSE OF MUD HAS MADE THE ROADS IMPASS
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/16 FIELD COMPANY SEATED IN A JEEP AT THE LOCAL RAILWAY STATION. THEY HAVE CONVERTED THE JEEP FOR USE ON THE RAILWAY LINES BECAUSE MUD HAD MADE THE ROADS IMP
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 21 JULY 1945. NATIVE LABOURERS CARRYING BRITISH BORNEO CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT SUPPLIES INTO TOWN FROM THE PADAS RIVER BARGE POINT. THEY ARE WALKING ALONG THE RAILWAY LINE BECAUSE ROADS A
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. A 3-TON VEHICLE OF 2/11 FIELD REGIMENT TOWING A JEEP ACROSS THE FLOODED OGORATA RIVER. OWING TO HEAVY RAINFALL THE RIVERS ARE NOW IMPASSABLE TO JEEP TRAFFIC.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. NATIVE CARRIERS SQUELCHING THROUGH MUD EVACUATING A BATTLE CASUALTY OF 15 INFANTRY BATTALION TO THE MAIN DRESSING STATION WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. TWENTY INCHES OF RA
