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 TRACK AS IT GOES. NOTE THE FILLED SAND BAGS ON THE TRUCKS, 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
A convoy of military trucks carrying soldiers of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army travels through a large Korean town. Bystanders watch from a footpath, in front of buildings with taped windows. In
An early view of the area known as the transport bowl at Vung Tau, where a vehicle convoy is forming up in preparation for a supply run to the Australian base at Nui Dat. In the foreground an Internat
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
