031879PD: Soldiers & banana palms, 1940-1945

Summary

Photographs from No.1 PRU camps at Coomalie Airstrip & Snake Gully, near Adelaide River, Northern Territory. 031877PD: Bush scene; 031879PD: Soldiers and small banana palms; 031880PD: Truck on the road into camp; 031881PD: Pigeon loft; 031882PD: Carrying their kit into camp; 031883PD: United States B24 Liberator bombers in flight; 031884PD: 'Cool drinking water, mugs to be used - water bottles not to be filled here'; 031885PD: Winding aircraft fuel hose reel on fuel truck (see also 031696PD); 031886PD: Soldiers and tractor on the back of truck; 031887PD: Ambulance and camouflaged shelter; 031888PD: House, and foundation stumps of another; 031889PD: B24 bombers flying over control tower, observers and vehicles below; 031890PD: Working on small boats on beach; 031891PD: Canvas annexes attached to covered truck; 031892PD: CA-13 Boomerang from No.83 Squadron RAAF code letters MH-R and RAAF serial number A46-122, 1944; 031893PD: Checkpoint sign; 031894PD: Admiring US bomber nose art 'Silver Lady', good view of gun turret; 031895PD: Hosing field kitchen floor; 031896PD: Catalina maintenance, Doctor's Gully, Darwin; 031897PD: Truck maintenance; 031898PD: Standing outside hut made from split bamboo; 031899PD: B24 bomber, with nose art, and crew; 031900PD: US B24 bomber and crew; 031901PD: Reading in tent decorated with movie star pin-ups; 031902PD: In the back of truck with twin Vickers machine gun; 031903PD: Speed limit sign; 031904PD: Canteen servery, with canned food, drinks, cigarettes & tobacco for sale; 031905PD: Ant hills; 031906PD: Activity on the beach; 031907PD: Chaplain? talking with soldiers ;031908PD: Camouflage net & support poles; 031909PD: Queueing at Salvation Army van; 031910PD: Inspecting horses before the race (see also 031832PD); 031911PD: Sharing a joke outside bamboo hut; 031912PD: Control tower with windsock; 031913PD: Radio control room; 031914PD: Covered truck; 031915PD: Studying map; 031916PD: Gore in flying gear.