The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FRANCE, 1918. A STEAM POWERED SAWMILL SET UP NEAR THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS BY 2ND PIONEER BATTALION, AIF, TO MILL LOCAL TIMBER FOR ENGINEERING WORK.
A Timber Mill erected by Australian Engineers near Bonnay, on the Somme, which was used to prepare suitable timber from the native material in the vicinity. Note the steam engine under the metal roof
FRANCE, 1918-09. B COMPANY, 2ND PIONEER BATTALION, AIF, CONSTRUCTING A WOODEN BRIDGE OVER A CANAL NEAR THE SOMME RIVER, AT THE SITE OF AN OLDER BRIDGE DEMOLISHED BY THE ENEMY WHILE RETREATING.
FRANCE, 1917-12. CHRISTMAS DINNER SET OUT IN A DUGOUT NEAR NIEPPE FOREST, PROBABLY 2ND PIONEER BATTALION, AIF.
Percival J Fogarty, member of 22nd Infantry Battalion AIF, and later the 5th Pioneer Battalion, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson. Percy discusses early life growing up in a single
To help speed up the building of wooden floors and half walls for their tents, the men of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), have built themselves a sawmill. The designer of the plan
Somme, France. 1918. The 4th Pioneer Band, AIF, playing outside the YMCA at Ailly-sur-Somme. (Donor J.T. Massey)
