The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) stand at ease, rifles held to the ground, taken shortly after their arrival in the Northern Territory. From left to right: Jack Williams of SA, Cliff Rowe of Vic, Bob Emmett of SA, Alf Townsend of SA and 2/242912 Corporal Theo (Tip) Carty of NSW. Inscribed on the back of the photograph is "Captain Dave Herbert, ex Xaviers brother, was court martialled for selling troop rations. Cliff Rowe was tied to mast by Dave Herbert for refusing an order".
Katherine, NT. 1942. Informal portrait of 2/242912 Corporal (Cpl) Theo (Tip) Carty of NSW, 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the nackeroos. Cpl Carty is wearing a band
Probably Katherine, NT. 1943. Two members of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) return from killing a bullock with some meat carried in a portion of the hide from the animal, rifles slun
Pioneer Beach, NT. c. June 1943. Horses of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) at the horse camp at Bynoe Bay, west of Darwin. (Donor T. Carty)
Horsemen and horsebreakers of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), known colloquially as the nackeroos, at the horse camp. From left to right: unknown, Bluey Campbell of Moree, NSW; 440005
Pioneer Beach, NT. 28 June 1943 or 6 June 1943. Men of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the Nackeroos came to the assistance of the pilot of Spitfire A58-467 whic
The best horsemen and horsebreakers of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) mounted on their horses tidy up their parade ground drill before the inspection by General ? of the local brumbie
