The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified Australian fatigue party engaged in salving wire from an abandoned prisoner of war cage. Colour patches indicate several soldiers are members of the 2nd Division Headquarters. On the right are barbed wire barriers and on the left are tangled piles of salvaged wire. In the background two soldiers are winding the salvaged wire on an improvised winch fashioned out of timber poles. Note corrugated iron buildings in the background and behind the barbed wire barriers.
A view of Fire Support Base Trish. The soldiers in the background (right) appear to be building a fortification. In the foreground star pickets and tangled barbed wire is visible, as are signs with ar
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-15. IMPROVISED AERIAL MASTS AT 19 L OF C SIGNALS. THIS SHOWS THE METHOD OF GUYING THE MASTS WHICH ARE FORMED FROM SECTIONAL STEEL TELEGRAPH POLES AT THE CORPS OF SIGNALS
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-15. AN IMPROVISED AERIAL MAST AT 19 L OF C SIGNALS. THIS SHOWS THE METHOD OF GUYING THE MASTS WHICH ARE FORMED FROM SECTIONAL STEEL TELEGRAPH POLES AT THE CORPS OF SIGNAL
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-15. IMPROVISED AERIAL MASTS AT 19 L OF C SIGNALS. THIS SHOWS THE METHOD OF GUYING THE MASTS WHICH ARE FORMED FROM SECTIONAL STEEL TELEGRAPH POLES AT THE CORPS OF SIGNALS
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-15. AN IMPROVISED AERIAL MAST AT 19 L OF C SIGNALS. THIS SHOWS THE METHOD OF GUYING THE MASTS WHICH ARE FORMED FROM SECTIONAL STEEL TELEGRAPH POLES AT THE CORPS OF SIGNAL
The gap in the tangled barbed wire, through which some of the 53rd Australian Battalion advanced the previous day in the face of heavy machine gun fire. The packs of five wounded men may be seen near
