The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. A SAPPER OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, USING A TRACTOR TO HAUL LOGS OUT OF THE WATER NEAR THE SITE OF THE NEW 300 FOOT WHARF WHICH THE UNIT IS BUILDING ON THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF THE BAY. THESE LOGS WERE CUT IN THE JUNGLE ON THE SHORES OF WATERFALL BAY, TIED TOGETHER AS RAFTS AND THEN TOWED SOME 20 MILES BEHIND A LANDING BARGE TO THE SITE OF THE NEW WHARF.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. TROOPS OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, SAWING AND BOLTING TOGETHER TIMBER TO FORM THE HEADSTOCK FOR THE STRINGERS OF THE NEW 300 FOOT WHARF WHICH THEY ARE BUILDING O
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. SAPPERS OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY DRIVING PILES FOR THE NEW 360 FOOT WHARF TO BE USED FOR DOCKING AMERICAN "LIBERTY" SHIPS ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE BAY.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. SAPPERS OF THE 17TH FIELD COMPANY, DRIVING PILES FOR THE NEW 360 FOOT WHARF TO BE USED FOR DOCKING AMERICAN "LIBERTY" SHIPS ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE BAY.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-24. B5/29 REPRESENTATIVE K. WATTS, YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (1), NX151690 LIEUTENANT J.D. STEVENSON, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, WORKS, 17TH FIELD COMPANY (2) AND
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-11. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/3RD FORESTRY COMPANY USING A TRACTOR TO HAUL LOGS OUT OF THE JUNGLE TO THE UNIT SAWMILL.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-21. SAPPER C R LEWIS, (1), AND SPR M C A WALKER, (2), 2/3 FORESTRY COY, USING TRACTORS TO HAUL LOGS FROM THE JUNGLE AT THE UNTHANK SAWMILL SITE.
