The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-10. ANTI-MINE ROLLERS FITTED TO TRUCK. THESE ROLLERS MADE FROM OLD PETROL DRUMS AND PIECES OF PIPING AND FILLED WITH CONCRETE ARE ATTACHED TO A TRUCK AS SEEN IN THIS PICTURE. THE TRUCK IS REVERSED THROUGH THE MINEFIELD, BLASTING A TRUCK AS IT GOES. NOTE THE FILLED SAND BAGS ON THE TRUCK. THESE HELP TO WEIGHT THE TRUCK DOWN AND ALSO PROVIDE, TO A DEGREE, PROTECTION TO THE PERSONNEL IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-10. ANTI-MINE ROLLERS FITTED TO TRUCK. THESE ROLLERS MADE FROM OLD PETROL DRUMS AND PIECES OF PIPING AND FILLED WITH CONCRETE ARE ATTACHED TO A TRUCK AS SEEN IN THIS PICTUR
SUPPLY OF ANTI-MINE ROLLERS. THESE ROLLERS MADE FROM OLD PETROL DRUMS AND PIECES OF PIPING AND FILLED WITH CONCRETE ARE ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF A TRUCK WHICH IS THEN REVERSED THROUGH THE MINEFIELD, BL
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL ENGINEERS WITH A NEW TYPE OF ANTI-MINE DEVICE. THESE ROLLERS MADE FROM OLD PETROL DRUMS AND PIECES OF PIPING AND FILLED WITH CEMENT
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE
German prisoners of war (POWs) under the supervision of an Australian soldier fill sand bags using shovels and a small cart beside huts of the 2nd Australian General Hospital (2AGH). The sand bags wer
1946-02-26. THOUSANDS OF EMPTY AND FRESHWATER FILLED DRUMS STACKED OUTSIDE AT THE EASTERN COMMAND BULK ISSUE OF PETROL AND OIL DEPOT. THE WATER FILLED DRUMS RETURNED FROM THE ISLANDS AS SHIPS' BALLAST
