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25.01.2022 A CMP Cab 12 Blitz truck of 140 Australian General Transport Company being loaded with material from the S.S. Burwah at the Boom Wharf, Darwin, November 1942. (AWM).

24.01.2022 The Allied Works Council (AWC), a Commonwealth Government agency, was the peak civil construction authority during WWII, charged with design and construction of roads, airstrips, and related services to support military operations. The AWC established the Civil Construction Corps to provide a labour force to work on AWC projects. Large work camps were established in major centres of activity to accommodate CCC members, some examples of which are featured in this post. Photographs courtesy of National Archives of Australia.

23.01.2022 Just five months after the outbreak of WWII in Europe and two years prior to Japan entering the war, convoys of Army vehicles were heading north with equipment, materials, and personnel in preparation for expected hostile activity. Challenged by the remote conditions, climate and poor roads, drivers and vehicles were put to the test. A lot was expected of men and machines as illustrated in this series of images. (Images NT Library & Archives).

17.01.2022 Australian Women’s Army personnel with members of 17 Lines of Communication Area alongside a CMP Blitz wireless van, Katherine, April 1945. (AWM).

16.01.2022 Preparing the search light, Darwin 1941. (AWM).

15.01.2022 Very best wishes Brian. Had the pleasure of speaking to him while arranging to send him a copy of 'The Territory at War' in which his is one of 22 stories telling of his time in Darwin during WWII, well worth a read.

15.01.2022 USAAF B-24 Liberator in dispersal bay under heavy monsoonal skies, Fenton Airstrip. Camo on the side walls but no camo netting on the poles.

14.01.2022 Coomalie Creek Field Hospital was the first field hospital established in the South West Pacific Area by a U.S. unit.

13.01.2022 Avro Lancaster ‘G’ for George on a visit to Townsville promoting War Bonds, 1945. Remarkable aircraft, 14,000lb bomb load, modified to carry the 22,000lb (10,000kg) Grand Slam bomb. Shared similar speed and range with B-17 but far exceeded its bomb load.

12.01.2022 RAAF No.32 Radar Station, Knuckeys Lagoon, Darwin. Circa 1942. (NT Library & Archives).

11.01.2022 A series of photographs of an armed reconnaissance aircraft preparing for a mission at Gove airstrip. (Images courtesy AWM).

11.01.2022 This article from the Melbourne Argus newspaper of 15 September 1944 refers to aircrew who lost their lives whilst serving in the South-West Pacific and the practice of naming airstrips and landing grounds in their honour. The complete article is posted here however the images and text were cut and pasted to provide easier reference to the text. The coloured map provided to aircrew has been included to show the location of many of the airstrips mentioned in the Argus article.

10.01.2022 No.23 (City of Brisbane) Squadron RAAF, Darwin 1945. The squadron also operated from Long Airfield; these images are attributed to Darwin. (AWM).

09.01.2022 RAAF B-24 Liberators, Darwin RAAF Base 1945, Spitfires in the hangar. (NT Library and Archives).

08.01.2022 A sleepy little community prior to WWII, Mataranka transformed into a large military garrison by 1944. Beyond the effective range of Japanese aircraft, Mataranka had good transport links to Katherine, Adelaide River and Darwin via the North Australia Railway and the North-South Road.

08.01.2022 Bathurst Class Corvette HMAS Katoomba undergoing repairs in floating dry dock, Darwin Harbour January 1942, following a collision with the oiler USS Pecos. (AWM).

07.01.2022 A busy day for the Transport Section, Northern Territory Force at the 57 Mile, Stuart Highway near Darwin, July 1944. (AWM).

02.01.2022 One of Darwin’s interesting defences during WWII was a six-kilometre anti-submarine boom net protecting Darwin Harbour, the longest floating net in the world. Complementing the boom net were a series of indicator loops placed on the seabed to warn of approaching ships and submarines. These images reveal Royal Australian Navy operations relating to the boom net.