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LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. ONE OF THE BADLY WORN PISTONS OF THE MOTOR VESSEL, "FRANCES PEAT" BEFORE BEING REGROUND IN THE WORKSHOP OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOP, THE "FRANCES PEAT" WAS A COMPARATIVELY SMALL VESSEL WHICH WAS USED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A VEHICULAR FERRY ON THE HAWKESBURY RIVER, NEW SOUTH WALES.
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CORPORAL J.C. JURD, 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, INSPECTING ONE OF THE BADLY DAMAGED PISTONS FROM THE ENGINE OF THE "FRANCES PEAT". THE "FRANCES PEAT" IS A COMPARATIVELY SMA
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CRAFTSMAN J.L. EASON TURNING UP ONE OF THE 14 INCH DIAMETER PISTONS OF THE VESSEL THE "FRANCES PEAT" ON A LARGE LATHE IN THE WORKSHOP OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS. THE
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. MARINE ENGINEERS OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, FITTING A CONNECTING ROD TO ONE OF THE PISTONS OF THE ENGINE OF THE "FRANCES PEAT", SUPERVISED BY NX23747 LIEUTENANT E.N
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. AN IMPROVISED CYLINDER GRINDING APPLIANCE WHICH MEMBERS OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS MADE UP TO GRIND THE CYLINDERS OF THE "FRANCES PEAT". THE "FRANCES PEAT" WAS A COM
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CRAFTSMAN J. HARDMAN, A WELDER OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, WELDING A BAD CRACK IN ONE OF THE CYLINDER HEADS OF THE ENGINE OF THE "FRANCES PEAT". THE "FRANCES PEAT" I
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CRAFTSMAN H. KEATES (1) AND CRAFTSMAN J. HUME (2) OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, USING THEIR MAKESHIFT CYLINDER GRINDING EQUIPMENT TO REGRIND ONE OF THE CYLINDERS OF TH
