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Pacific Saga: the personal chronicle of the 37th Battalion and its part in the Third Division's Campaign
Four stages of building a native mess hut in New Caledonia where the niaouli and bamboo could be obtained easily. Lengths of bamboo and sapling are being-collected in the picture — The framework of the hut is seen above. On the right the hut is being roofed with niaouli bark which is obtained by stripping it from the tree trunks. Men of the battalion are gathering reeds for walls
Four stages of building a native mess hut in New Caledonia where the niaouli and bamboo could be obtained easily. Lengths of bamboo and sapling are being-collected in the picture
The framework of the hut is seen above. On the right the hut is being roofed with niaouli bark which is obtained by stripping it from the tree trunks. Men of the battalion are gathering reeds for walls