The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Lieutenant John Lindsay, AIF, of Sydney, NSW, gives 'Baduk' a Kaya-Kaya native, a light for his native pipe, made of bamboo. The natives dry leaves and roll them similarly to a cigar and smoke them in their curved pipes. They will do almost anything for some real tobacco or cigarettes. Average age for the natives to start smoking is about four years.
Dutch New Guinea. Sapper Dick Cullen of Bundaberg, Qld, and a native 'boss-boy' supervise the building of vast drains to dry out swamp areas and make them habitable for troops. The Kaya-Kaya natives d
Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, the bowl crudely shaped like an elongated hexagon. The shank has split and there is what appears to be a repair along the split line. The stem is a length of bamboo
Heavy card box and lid of stapled construction with paper label glued to lid. Red printing on label reads: "With .../ Christmas Greetings / from / AUSTRALIAN / RED + CROSS / XMAS 1917". All sides of b
Portrait of 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, in newly issued Army uniform. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by Sig Weller relating to his ser
Discusses Americans; Vietnamese currency; C-130 transport aircraft; New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS); camp conditions; tour of duty; weather; training; equipment; concert parties; No. 1 Australia
[Reel 1]. Jungle Training Centre Canungra, Queensland. River crossing with ropes and compass march in jungle. Enoggera parade for Vietnam, tracker dogs. Men of 2 RAR waiting to be picked up on parade
