Banka Banka, NT. October 1941. A staging camp of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion along the Stuart ...

Accession Number P02597.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Ramsbottom, Jack Kenneth
Date made October 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Banka Banka, NT. October 1941. A staging camp of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion along the Stuart Highway between Alice Springs and Birdum, a trip which took three days. Stops were made on two nights to allow for minor repairs to be made on the 3 ton trucks (right) and soldiers to have bore water showers. (Donor J. Lane)

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