The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 which landed on the beach at Bynoe Bay, west of Darwin, after suffering engine trouble during a dog fight. From left to right: Flight Lieutenant C. C. (Clyde) 'Flying Doctor' Fenton who came in with a battery after the NAOU radioed for help; 400992 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Leeming, pilot of the plane and Sergeant Knight, 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit, a carpenter in civilian life. It was necessary to get the Spitfire off before the tide came in. Flt Lt Leeming was later killed in action on 18 January 1945 in Morotai. (Donor T. Carty)
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
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. 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)
Pioneer Beach, NT. c. June 1943. Men of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU), colloquially known as the nackeroos at the camp at Bynoe Bay, west of Darwin. A rough shelter, perhaps a cantee
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
Probably , NT. c. June 1943. Informal group portrait of men of the 2/1st North Australia Observers Unit (NAOU) watching Private Clem Muldoon cutting open a bullock carcase with an axe. In this group a
