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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. BARGE TOWING CABLE FROM THE SS MERNOO TO THE SHORE.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. CABLE WINCH AND OPERATOR ABOARD THE SS MERNOO, MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. CLOSE UP OF THE DYNAMOMETER ABOARD THE SS MERNOO MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. DRUMS SUPPORTING CABLE BEING TOWED TOWARDS THE SHORE FROM THE SS MERNOO MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. DRUMS WITH THE MARINE CABLE ATTACHED BEING TOWED FROM THE SS MERNOO TO THE SHORE.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. DRUMS WITH THE MARINE CABLE ATTACHED BEING TOWED FROM THE SS MERNOO TO THE SHORE.

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. LOOKING TOWARDS THE BOWS OF THE SS MERNOO MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP SHOWING CABLE RUNS, SHEAVES AND DYNAMOMETER. THIS VESSEL IS LAYING A CABLE FROM CAPE YORK TO POR...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. ON BOARD THE SS MERNOO MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP, SHOWING THE CABLE COMING THROUGH THE LEADS, DYNAMOMETER AND WINCH. THIS CABLE IS BEING LAID BETWEEN PORT MORESBY A...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. THE FIRST STAGES OF LAYING A CABLE BETWEEN PORT MORESBY AND CAPE YORK IS TO ANCHOR THE SHORE END OF THE CABLE. HERE MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE SS MERNOO, AND TROOP...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. TRANSFERRING THE BEACH END OF THE NEW SUBMARINE CABLE FROM THE SS MERNOO TO A BARGE. THIS SECTION OF THE CABLE IS SPECIALLY PREPARED TO PROTECT IT FROM THE SUN AND...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. TRANSFERRING THE BEACH END OF THE NEW SUBMARINE CABLE FROM THE SS MERNOO TO A BARGE. THIS SECTION OF THE CABLE IS SPECIALLY PREPARED TO PROTECT IT FROM THE SUN AND...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

BOERA POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. TROOPS OF THE SIGNALS SECTION, NEW GUINEA FORCE SPLICING SHORE END OF SUBMARINE CABLE TO BEACH CABLE. THE SS MERNOO MARINE CABLE LAYING SHIP CAN BE SEEN IN THE BAC...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

Members of the crew aboard the SS Mernoo Marine Cable Laying Ship. Identified are: front three men squatting are firemen/stokers; Harry Packer, Foreman (centre, wearing overalls); Roy Cameron (wearin...

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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John

Technicians of the Signals Section (PMG Department) and soldiers form New Guinea Force, in the process of laying cable between New Guinea and Cape York. The men are seen here splicing the shore end o...

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