The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified Australian Soldiers stand on top of the newly completed 132 ton, pontoon floating dry dock which was constructed at Labu, New Guinea by Australian Sappers from E and M Sections 8th Australian Army Troops, Company, Royal Australian Engineers. The project was led by NX125136 Lieutenant George E Moore (RAE). The dock can be sunk in position allowing boats or small water craft to maneuver over the dock, which is then raised, lifting the boat out of the water. Note the pumping and valve equipment fitted next to the walkway on top of the stabilising towers
The almost completed 132 ton, pontoon floating dry dock which was constructed at Labu, New Guinea by Australian Sappers from E and M Sections 8th Australian Army Troops, Company, Royal Australian Engi
Unidentified Australian welders from either E or M Sections, 8th Australian Army Troops, Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), working on the stabilising towers which will be incorporated into a
The launch of a 132 ton, pontoon floating dry dock which was constructed at Labu, New Guinea, between 10 October to 11 November 1944, by sappers from E and M Sections, 8th Australian Army Troops, Comp
A 132 ton, pontoon floating dry dock which was constructed at Labu, New Guinea between 10 October to 11 November 1944, by sappers from E and M Sections, Company, 8th Australian Army Troops, Royal Aust
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-30. A PREFABRICATED FLOATING DOCK, 400 TONS, WAS ASSEMBLED BY 13 WATER TRANSPORT WORKSHOPS, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, AT RABAUL. PARTS FOR T
Unidentified Australian sappers from the 24th Australian Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), 9th Division, assembling an American manufactured panel bridge over an existing bridge ne
