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Summary
Photographs from No.1 PRU camps at Coomalie Airstrip & Snake Gully, near Adelaide River, Northern Territory. 031757PD: Gore (centre) & mates; 031758PD: Scene at jetty - ambulance, Catalina sea plane, small boats; 031759PD: Despatch rider - motorcycle with sidecar; 031760PD: Airmen at Casuarina Beach hauling in a catch of fish to supplement their rations; 031761PD: Practising with heavy belt fed, water-cooled machine gun (possibly Vickers); 031762PD: Washing clothes in a metal bucket near smokey camp fire; 031763PD: Operating double Lewis machine gun, mounted as anti-aircraft weapon; 031764PD: Soldier carrying kit, including Lee Enfield rifle, stops for a drink; 031765PD: View from a trench; 031766PD: Servicing landing gear of a DH-98 Mosquito; 031767PD: Playing chess; 031768PD: Military police officer; 031769PD: Motorcyclist and passengers; 031770PD: Trees; 031771PD: Despatch rider; 031772PD: Doing laundry in a bucket; 031773PD: Operating Bofors anti-aircraft gun; 031774PD: RAAF jeep; 031775PD: Inside cabin of military vehicle; 031776PD: Back of truck; 031777PD: River scene; 031778PD: Washing dishes in a long trough outside; 031779PD: Motorcyclist with sidecar passenger; 031780PD: Trench art - making model planes using empty bullet shells; 031781PD: Filing model plane; 031782PD: Trees and sky; 031783PD: Vehicles, including RAAF ambulance at checkpoint; 031784PD: Christ Church Darwin, Garrison Church; 031785PD: Military vehicle & driver; 031786PD: Tent among trees; 031787PD: River scene; 031788PD: Military vehicle; 031789PD: Vehicles at checkpoint; 031790PD: Huts; 031791PD: Walking on Casuarina Beach; 031792PD: Mk VIII Spitfire on airstrip; 031793PD: Cooling off by the river.
Year
1940-1945?
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Title devised by cataloguer. This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian -- Photographs.
- Mosquito (Military aircraft) -- Northern Territory -- Photographs.
- Spitfire (Fighter plane) -- Northern Territory -- Photographs.
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