The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NT. 1939-07-22. Darwin Mobile Force troops on a surveying exercise to Bynde Harbour, Northern Territory. On 1939-07-10 the survey party left Vesty's Barracks with rations and fuel for three weeks in a Ford three ton truck and a motorcycle. The party travelled south on the Adelaide road for approximately 120 kilometres then turned west intending to survey the land between the Adelaide road and the coast. After reaching the coast the party travelled north east and returned to Darwin. Meat obtained by hunting supplemented their rations. Gunner A. D. Elbourne (centre) with two wild pigs he shot.
NT. 1939-07. Darwin Mobile Force troops on a surveying exercise to Bynde Harbour, Northern Territory. On 1939-07-10 the survey party left Vesty's Barracks with rations and fuel for three weeks in a Fo
NT. 1939-07. An informal portrait of members of Darwin Mobile Force on a surveying exercise to Bynde Harbour, Northern Territory. The survey party is at the back of their truck with their motorcycle t
NT. 1939-07. Lunch time for members of Darwin Mobile Force on a surveying exercise to Bynde Harbour, Northern Territory. On 1939-07-10 the survey party left Vestey's Barracks with rations and fuel for
NT. 1939-07. Bogged again, members of Darwin Mobile Force on a surveying exercise to Bynde Harbour, Northern Territory digging out their truck, a regular occurrence. On 1939-07-10 the survey party lef
NT. 1939-07-14. On 1939-07-10 a survey party from Darwin Mobile Force left Vestey's Barracks with rations and fuel for three weeks in a Ford three ton truck and a motorcycle. The party travelled south
Adelaide River, NT. 1939-04. Darwin Mobile Force troops in the bush on a surveying and road making exercise near Adelaide River.
