NORTH SOUTH MILITARY HIGHWAY. A SIGNALS BATTERY CHARGER STATION SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. ...

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Accession Number 014407
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Turner, Harry
Place made Australia: Northern Territory
Date made 9 March 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NORTH SOUTH MILITARY HIGHWAY. A SIGNALS BATTERY CHARGER STATION SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. CPL. T. CORRY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA IS PUTTING THE BATTERIES ON CHARGE, AND SIGNALMAN B.J. WILLIAMS OF N.S.W. IS WORKING ON THE MOTOR CYCLE. THE CHARGING UNITS ARE PORTABLE AND ARE DRIVEN BY SMALL PETROL MOTORS WHICH RUN FOR TWO DAYS ON A GALLON OF PETROL. (NEGATIVE BY TURNER).