Territory Stories
19 Field Company
Details:
Title
19 Field Company,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
38.5 Mile camp,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Engineers,
Unit
19 Field Company,
Date arrived in NT
1942-06,
Date left the NT
1944-09,
History
The Company was responsible for the maintenance of bores and pumping stations in the Darwin, Adelaide River and Fenton areas. Sapper Leslie Penrose NX163991 was taken by a crocodile on 10 November 1943. The company also constructed 3 Loran Radar Units on Bathurst Island, Grahame Moore and Champagney Islands.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
Engineers,
19 Field Company,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/24844 [PictureNT : PH0396/0005, Victor Norman Steen, Victor Steen Collection] ,
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847632 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847632
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847990 ,
Territory Stories
19 Field Company
Details:
Title
19 Field Company,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
38.5 Mile camp,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Engineers,
Unit
19 Field Company,
Date arrived in NT
1942-06,
Date left the NT
1944-09,
History
The Company was responsible for the maintenance of bores and pumping stations in the Darwin, Adelaide River and Fenton areas. Sapper Leslie Penrose NX163991 was taken by a crocodile on 10 November 1943. The company also constructed 3 Loran Radar Units on Bathurst Island, Grahame Moore and Champagney Islands.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
Engineers,
19 Field Company,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/24844 [PictureNT : PH0396/0005, Victor Norman Steen, Victor Steen Collection] ,
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847632 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847632
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847990 ,