The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. TROOPS OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, BEING FERRIED ACROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER ON A RAFT MADE FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS TOWED BY POWER WINCHES ON BULLDOZERS. A THIRD BULLDOZER WAS USED AS AN ANCHOR TO PREVENT THE RAFT FROM BEING WASHED DOWN STREAM.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. NATIVES RIDING ON A RAFT MADE FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS BY 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE RAFT WAS USED TO FERRY STORES AND TROOPS ACROSS TH
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LOADED WITH TROOPS, FAILED TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER. A BULLDOZER PULLED THE J
CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-29. PRIVATE F.A. HUBBARD, 110 BRIGADE WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, FIRING AN INCINERATOR MADE FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS.
MOTUPENA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-26. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE CROSSING A TEMPORARY FLOATING BRIDGE ACROSS THE ADELE RIVER BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS BY LASHING 44
MOTUPENA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-26. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE CROSSING A TEMPORARY FLOATING BRIDGE ACROSS THE ADELE RIVER BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS BY LASHIN
WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-26. A MONTH OLD STEEL GIRDER BRIDGE ACROSS BANDA CREEK CONSTRUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 1ST MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PLATOON, 2/1ST RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (MECHANICA
