Totem Poles with cross bar at the Entrance. Sign reads: Indep Const Tp RAE.
Huts nearest poles on right are Admin building and RAP, on left is Q Store. Accommodation huts, Canteen and Mess further back out of sight

The Totem Poles were carved by locals from the Sepik Area, painted with normal house paint by troops stationed at the camp

On Parade – 1 Indep. Const. Tp with PIR detachment in the rear. The Japanese field gun in foreground was donated by Emil Glaus, a local German Salvage businessman.

WO2 Maurie Vernon directs the building of the canteen 1959

Vic Ward kneeling in front of one of the trucks

Passam Village. 1959

Vic Ward (RAE) and George (Catering Corps) rest in Sak Sak hut.

Vic Ward and Vic Ireland trade for local produce, Passam Village.

Locals at Passam Village 1959.

In the bush with locals. Vic Ward crouched to the left, George’s pate reflecting the sunlight.