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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 COMPARATIVELY SMALL VESSEL WHICH WAS IN USE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A VEHICULAR FERRY ON THE HAWKESBURY RIVER, NEW SOUTH WALES.
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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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 COMPARATI
