The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CORPS (C.C.C.) IN NEW GUINEA, THE C.C.C. WHICH HAS DONE INVALUABLE WORK IN AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT IS NOW ON THE JOB IN NEW GUINEA. VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CORPS WERE RUSHED TO THE WAR AREA, AND SOME HAVE ALREADY WORKED 24 HOUR SHIFTS ON URGENTLY REQUIRED PROJECTS. THIS PHOTO IS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA, SHOWS MEMBERS OF THE CORPS DOING THEIR BIT IN THE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. LEADING HAND BERT JONES, 47 OF NEWTOWN, N.S.W. WHO WAS IN THE 34TH BATTALION. LAST WAR, LOOKS OVER PLANS WITH LEADING HAND TOM PICK 52, OF GORDON N.S.W. PICK WAS IN THE 24TH BATTALION. (NEGATIVE BY F. BAGNALL).
NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO IS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE MEN OF THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CORPS PLAYING THEIR PART IN THE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. IT SHOWS J. DELANEY, AGED 50 YEARS OF LEICHHAR
New Guinea. Meal time at a Civil Construction Corps Mess. Volunteers from the Corps were rushed from Australia to New Guinea to carry out urgent projects for the Allied Forces.
NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO, ONE OF THE FIRST TAKEN OF THE CIVIL CONSTUCTION CORPS MEN WORKING IN THE WAR ZONE, IS OF G. ASKEW 60, OF PADDINGTON, N.S.W. ASKEW WAS IN THE MERCHANT MARINES IN THE LAST WAR. (
NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CORPS AT WORK IN NEW GUINEA. JIM ALLERSLADE OF DARWIN HANDS A PLANK TO ANOTHER WORKMAN. (NEGATIVE BY F.
AERIAL TRANSPORT HAS PLAYED A TREMENDOUS PART IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN, AND AT WAU CAUSED THE SPEEDY DEFEAT OF THE ADVANCING JAPANESE. HERE A JEEP IS BEING BACKED OUT OF A TRANSPORT PLANE AT WAU AER
AERIAL TRANSPORT HAS PLAYED A TREMENDOUS PART IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN AND AT WAU. CAUSED THE SPEEDY DEFEAT OF THE ADVANCING JAPANESE. HERE A 3 TON TRUCK CHASSIS IS BEING UNLOADED FROM A TRANSPORT P
