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Bartter, Bernard A (Flight Sergeant, No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, RAAF b.1905)
Private Record
Maker: Bartter, Bernard A
PHOTOCOPY OF TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT TAKEN FROM JAPANESE KILLED AT 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON WATER POINT, SEPINGGANG, JULY 1945 AND MAPPR85/409
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Construction of airstrip, Tarakan
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Maker: McInnes, Hugh
General shots of No 1 and No 8 Airfield Construction Squadrons, RAAF, at work on the Tarakan airstrip. General shots of Dutch oil-field at Tarakan and wreckage.F01428
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English, Michael Joseph (Sergeant b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: English, Michael Joseph
Extensive collection of letters to his family during RAAF service as a clerk in Australia and Madang. Discusses censors, movements, air raids, concerts and films, sport, importance of religion, family...PR91/037
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ESSEX HILL, TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-21. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP LOOKING NORTH WEST NORTH, SHOWING THE ...
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ESSEX HILL, TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-21. TARAKAN AIRSTRIP LOOKING NORTH WEST NORTH, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION WORK COMPLETED BY MEMBERS OF 1ST AND 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, RA...108191
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ESSEX HILL, TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-21. THE WESTERN END OF TARAKAN AIRSTRIP, SHOWING THE EXTENT ...
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ESSEX HILL, TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-21. THE WESTERN END OF TARAKAN AIRSTRIP, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION WORK COMPLETED BY MEMBERS OF 1ST AND 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, IN ...108192
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Melville Bay, Northern Australia. 1944-06. Group portrait of personnel of 8 Airfield Construction ...
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Melville Bay, Northern Australia. 1944-06. Group portrait of personnel of 8 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF on Gove Strip. Squadron Leader H. V. Davies from Canberra, the Commanding Officer, and F...100932
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MOROTAI ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-17. MEN OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, PLACING A ...
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MOROTAI ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-17. MEN OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, PLACING A BOILER PLATE IN POSITION TO PROVIDE A SOLID FOUNDATION TO ALLOW BULLDOZERS TO WORK IN THE WET CLAY DURING T...089700
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-14. SOME OF THE 1,000 NATIVES EMPLOYED BY RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-14. SOME OF THE 1,000 NATIVES EMPLOYED BY RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRONS, BY ARRANGEMENT WITH NICA (NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION) WORKING IN THE MUD OF A DRAI...089755
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE BURSTING IN THE ROCK FACE OF THE QUARRY WORKED BY ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE BURSTING IN THE ROCK FACE OF THE QUARRY WORKED BY MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF.108204
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. A SECTION OF THE CHINAMAN (RAMP FOR LOADING GRAVEL ONTO TRUCKS) IN ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. A SECTION OF THE CHINAMAN (RAMP FOR LOADING GRAVEL ONTO TRUCKS) IN THE QUARRY WORKED BY MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF.108203
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER TRYING TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER TRYING TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM WET CLAY DURING THE BUILDING OF AN AIRSTRIP BY 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF. IDENTIFIED PERSON...089701
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A D 5 HARMAN SHOVEL STUCK IN WET CLAY ALONGSIDE A CATERPILLAR ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A D 5 HARMAN SHOVEL STUCK IN WET CLAY ALONGSIDE A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER. THIS BOGGING WAS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE MEN OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCT...089702
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A MOTORCYCLIST FROM 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A MOTORCYCLIST FROM 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE MUD AT A BAD SPOT ON ANZAC HIGHWAY.089717
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Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. One of the numerous bomb craters on Tarakan airstrip being ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. One of the numerous bomb craters on Tarakan airstrip being pumped dry to be filled by No 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The bogged tr...089439
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Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. Some of the graders operated by No 8 Airfield Construction ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-05-06. Some of the graders operated by No 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at work building the airstrip for Allied use.089440
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT BEING USED BY 8 AIRFIELD ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT BEING USED BY 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF TO RENDER SERVICEABLE THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP. AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT IS BEING ASSEMBLED F...089441
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. THE AIRSTRIP VIEWED LOOKING WEST FROM ITS CENTRE. 8 AIRFIELD ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-06. THE AIRSTRIP VIEWED LOOKING WEST FROM ITS CENTRE. 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ARE AT WORK ON A MINED DRAIN IN THE REAR. TH...089436
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. CORPORAL R. LATHAM (2) AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) R.J. HAWTHORNE ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-24. CORPORAL R. LATHAM (2) AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) R.J. HAWTHORNE (4), MEMBERS OF 8TH AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, AT WORK DRILLING THE FACE OF A QUARRY FOR BLAS...108200
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 4 JUNE 1945. A NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION NATIVE USING A PICK TO ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 4 JUNE 1945. A NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION NATIVE USING A PICK TO MAKE A HOLE SO THAT HE CAN CUT THE TOP OUT OF A 44-GALLON OIL DRUM. THE DRUMS ARE BEING USED BY MEMBERS OF...109212
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 4 JUNE 1945. NATIVES OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ABOARD TRUCKS ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 4 JUNE 1945. NATIVES OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ABOARD TRUCKS OF 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, WAITING TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THEIR VILLAGES AFTER A DAYS WOR...109215