Pacific Pioneers: the story of the engineers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific
Thousands of tons of creamy coral sand were taken from this pit at Torahatup), Nissan Island, for surfacing the roads. Continual traffic and rain combined to turn jungle roads into muddy drains, as shown in the lower picture of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Brooke-White on Vella Lavella

Thousands of tons of creamy coral sand were taken from this pit at Torahatup), Nissan Island, for surfacing the roads. Continual traffic and rain combined to turn jungle roads into muddy drains, as shown in the lower picture of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Brooke-White on Vella Lavella