The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A JEEP PICTURED IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 66 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. SOME JEEPS CARRYING ABOUT A TON WEIGHT OF NATIVE RATIONS RECEIVE TROUBLE AT THIS POINT WHICH IS NARROW WITH STEEP AXIS PLUS AN OUTWARDS CAMBER. WHEN IT RAINS 2 OUT OF 3 VEHICLES GO OVER THE SIDE. THIS JEEP AND TRAILER WENT BACKWARDS TO FINISH IN THIS POSITION DESPITE BEING IN A LOW GEAR. THE ROAD IS IN AN OPERATIONAL AREA OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.).
WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A NARROW JEEP ROAD AROUND THE SIDE OF A HILL ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THIS PICTURE INDICATES HOW TIMBER HAS BEEN CLEARED TO ENABLE THE ROAD TO
WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. VX133146 LIEUTENANT R. BOOTH, (PLATOON COMMANDER, NO.1 PLATOON), PICTURED WITH VX114206 LIEUTENANT R. CRAWLEY, (FIELD ENGINEERING OFFICER), (2), AND NX148693 LIEUTENANT
37722 Private (Pte) Lawrence Shelly (Laurie) Dawber of Croydon Park, Qld, says he feels like Noah these days as he coaxes his jeep over the rain-sodden roads of Korea. Pte Dawber is a driver for Headq
37722 Private (Pte) Lawrence Shelly (Laurie) Dawber of Croydon Park, Qld, says he feels like Noah these days as he coaxes his jeep over the rain-sodden roads of Korea. Pte Dawber is a driver for Headq
Captain A. W. Smith Officer in command of the 9th Australian Division Provost Company, entering Prisoner of War (POW) compound where Japanese POWs and collaborators are kept. The prisoners on parade f
Discusses Americans; Vietnamese currency; C-130 transport aircraft; New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS); camp conditions; tour of duty; weather; training; equipment; concert parties; No. 1 Australia