The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. Transporting jeeps across rivers presents no difficulties when the troops employ natives and their praus (canoes). Three praus are lashed together and with much difficulty the jeep is driven on to the prau-barge and paddled across the river by the natives.
Dutch New Guinea. When the Aussies out on patrol through the swamp come to a river they employ the local Kaya-Kaya natives to ferry them across in their native 'praoes' (canoes). They also transport j
Dutch New Guinea. Troops on patrol manoeuvres move from the beach into canoes (praoes) held by Kaya-Kaya natives whom they have employed to transport them across the rivers.
Pakchon, Korea. 1950-11. The 1st Division Republic of Korea Forces ferry across the river. The ferry is made up of a number of punts lashed together and is pulled along a rope stretching across the ri
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. A JAPANESE PRIME MOVER, USED FOR TOWING ARTILLERY PIECES THREE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS CAPTURED AT MAMAGOTA JUNCTION AND OVERHAULED BY 312 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT. IT IS NOW USED F
NEW GUINEA. ORO BAY. A JEEP WAITS ON LANDING FOR TRANSPORT BY PONTOON FERRY ACROSS THE RIVER AT ORO BAY. NATIVES HAUL THE PONTOON BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
Ramu Valley, New Guinea. Local natives from a forward dressing station carry supplies packed in a wire framed trailer across the Surinam River. Australian troops in their victorious push along the Mar
