The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
'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 at the edge of the, soon to be improved, Auster airstrip at Sungei Siput. The present task of members of 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, attached to 11th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers, is to lengthen and widen the airstrip for future air operations.
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
'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 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 op
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
