The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
CAPE GLOUCESTER AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1944-03-07. THE FINISHED ROAD ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN YELLOW BEACH AND CAPE GLOUCESTER, PICTURED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFTER THE LANDING AT YELLOW BEACH. IT WILL CARRY TWO LINES OF TRAFFIC, AND DESPITE HEAVY RAIN AND CONSTANT TRAFFIC OF ALL SIZES, MAINTENANCE BY THE 3RD LBATTALION, 17TH UNITED STATES MARINE ENGINEERS HAS KEPT THE ROAD IN GOOD CONDITION.
CAPE GLOUCESTER AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1944-03-07. THIS PHOTO GIVES SOME IDEA OF THE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONTED THE FIRST TROOPS TO ARRIVE IN THIS AREA. THE ROAD IS IN THE OPERATIONAL AREA OF THE
Engineers of the 17th Construction Squadron in Vietnam are building more than five miles of road between the Task Force base at Nui Dat and the province capital of Baria. Much of this road is used by
NX131656 Lieutenant Colin Farquhar Watson, Education Officer of the 8th Infantry Brigade, now acting as Military Landing Officer is kept busy supervising the constant stream of barge traffic loaded wi
With the advent of the rainy season in Korea, the problem of road maintenance becomes acute. Most of the highways through the Commonwealth Division area are laid over the soft soil fo the paddy fields
TRAINING FOR THE TIME WHEN THEY WILL STORM ENEMY COUNTRIES IN THE PACIFIC. AUSSIES AT AN OPERATIONAL BASE IN THE NORTH AT LANDING PRACTICE. PHYSICAL TRAINING ON THE BEACH. THE TROOPS MUST BE IN SUPERB
Prachuap Kiri Khan, Thailand. c. October 1945. Graves of Allied prisoners of war (POW) at the Kroan Beach cemetery. The cemetery contained the remains of men who died at the nearby Prachuap Kiri Khan
