The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. TROOPS OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS, ASSISTED BY NEW GUINEA NATIVES ERECTING THE MAIN JURY MAST WHICH IS TO CARRY THE PERMANENT LINE BETWEEN LAE AND PORT MORESBY ACROSS THE MARKHAM RIVER.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. NATIVES ERECTING ONE OF THE JURY MASTS FOR THE PERMANENT LINE ROUTE BETWEEN LAE AND PORT MORESBY WHERE IT CROSSES THE MARKHAM RIVER IN THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-03. VX104290 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. BRIDGE, CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (1), TX6213 MAJOR C.L. REED, CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER'S BRANCH FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY (2) AND
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. MEMBERS OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS OUTSIDE THE LAE CARRIER TERMINAL HUT WHICH JOINS THE JUNGLE TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN LAE AND PORT MORESBY.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. VX106538 LANCE-CORPORAL T. MCMAHON (4), WITH MEMBERS OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS AND NATIVES CLEARING JUNGLE IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAE-MORESBY TELEGRAPH LI
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-03. WX8229 CAPTAIN J.A. PRESCOTT (1), 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS CLIMBS A TREE 70 FEET HIGH USING 10 INCH STEEL PEGS EMBEDDED IN THE TRUNK. THE MAST SUPPORTS WIRES CR
Lae, New Guinea. 1944-04-03. The platform high up on this tree was used for the inspection of a two inch steel cable carrying copper communication wires from Port Moresby. The cable was maintained by
