The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
With raised arm and mud up to his ankles, 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (right), 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, directs a grader during the Auster airstrip construction operation at Sungei Siput. Integrated with the 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, 4 Troop have the job of lengthening and improving the Auster airstrip which will run through the swampy ground next to the sports field. A bulldozer with attached soil compacter is in the background.
'Fill her up here a little', says 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (left), 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, as he directs a grader with a machete, during operations to improve
With their trousers rolled up and working with machetes to cut down the tangle of undergrowth, Corporal Tony Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (left), 4 Troop Royal Australian Engineers and Sapper Bill Farrel
Heavy construction vehicles from 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, on the move as they improve the Auster air strip at Sungei Siput. From the left
'It will take us that way', says 5/834 Sergeant Rex Coverley, of Perth, WA (left), to 3/3352 Lance Corporal Keith (Doc) Everett, of Colac, Vic (right) as they take reduced levels with their theodolite
2/10763 Sapper (Spr) Gordon Tanswell, of Liverpool, NSW, 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, prepares a stew on an outdoor field cooker in the shade
2/10056 Sapper (Spr) Alf Deeming, of Liverpool, NSW (left) and 2/7563 Spr George Hore, of Parramatta, NSW (right) both of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, 11th Independent Field Squadron, Royal En
