The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British North Borneo. 25 June 1945. Although there were no roads in Weston, which was captured by the 9th Division AIF, jeeps which were landed with the Australians were able to run along the railway track and assist in the transportation of supplies. This vehicle of 2/16th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), corps code no. 60, off landing ship, tank (LST) 562, is fitted with an extended condenser (drum attached to front of grill), exhaust, air cleaner along with tools strapped to the side and bonnet removed. Note the divisional sign of a platypus over the boomerang.
1945-06. PITOE, MOROTAI ISLAND. FORD G.P.W. JEEP TRAILER. THIS VEHICLE WAS QUITE EXTENSIVELY MODIFIED FOR THE WET CONDITIONS. 1. IT WAS WATERPROOFED UP TO FOUR FEET OF WATER. 2. THERE WAS AN EXTENSION
A mustard gas evaporation point set up in the savannah at the Permanent Chemical Warfare Station, Gunyarra, Proserpine. A small metal drum which is probably protecting a heat source sits on a wooden p
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 3017, WHICH WAS LATER NAMED HMAS TARAKAN (I). THE SHIP IS BEACHED WITH BOW DOORS OPEN AND RAMP EXTENDED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Four soldiers, possibly from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), travel along a Korean road in an open United Nations forces jeep. It has just passed an army sign beside the roa
CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE STARBOARD BOW OF THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 3017, WHICH WAS LATER NAMED HMAS TARAKAN (I). THE SHIP IS BEACHED WITH BOW DOORS OPEN AND RAMP EXTENDED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION
Dutch New Guinea. Amphibious craft (DUKW) have been a feature of Allied landing operations in the South West Pacific area. The DUKWs were used during the Biak landing. Deck of landing ship, tank (LST)
