The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Borneo. November 1945. Informal portrait of Major Doug Nettlefold (left), Mr Carthegasu (Ranji), and Lance Corporal Snowy Arnold at the construction site of the new British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit Supply Depot. The locals resting in the background are employed by the Public Works Department to build the new depot and are paid in cash and food. (Donor R. Fullford)
Borneo. November 1945. Informal portrait of Major (Maj) Doug Nettlefold, Director Public Works (left) and Snowy Arnold sitting on the steps of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) Officers' M
Borneo. January 1946. Informal portrait of Public Works Department (PWD) staff made up of locals and members of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) outside new PWD office. Identified are: Ca
Hakka women (known as Doug's ladies) working for Public Works Department of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU). Major Doug Nettlefold, Director Public Works, is on the right.
Borneo. December 1945. Major Doug Nettlefold (second from right) Director Public Works, and Mr Carthegasu (Ranji) (third from right) watching Hakka women handling attap thatch for the roof of the new
Sandakan, North Borneo. January 1946. Informal portrait of members of the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU), locals and the crew of the BBCAU schooner, Myrtle Burgess, moored at the Customs Wh
Coolie labourers, mostly women, stacking supplies at the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) temporaty Supply Depot in the old fish market at Sandakan. Locals are building a Public Works Departm
