The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. A hurried bridge is made from coconut logs to help a jeep no. 130647 across a jungle stream. The censor has blocked out the unit marking from the grille.
New Guinea. A jeep negotiates a 'corduroy' road across a swamp. The only successful way of building a road in this type of country. The road is made by placing coconut logs across the swamp, and needs
Aitape, New Guinea. A party of engineers, working nearby, help out a cobber in a jeep, who has become bogged halfway across a stream. Note the chains on the tyres for extra traction.
Dutch New Guinea. A Jeep, no. 96, crossing a swampland by means of a 'corduroy' road. These roads are made of coconut palm trunks and are the only successful method of making a road across the vast sw
BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. ENGINEERS OF NO. 9 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, BUILDING A COCONUT LOG BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO ROAD.
Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Jack Carter RAAF of Geelong, Vic, and Leading Aircraftman Cec Gordon of Brisbane, Qld, put on a boxing demonstration for the RAAF boys, in the boxing ring they rigged up out
AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. ENGINEERS OF NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, BUILDING A COCONUT LOG BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- QX33524 SAPPE
