Northam war history rediscovered

Updated April 10 2013 - 12:04pm, first published 12:00am
Prepared: No 1 tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam, for the storage of aviation gasoline.
Prepared: No 1 tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam, for the storage of aviation gasoline.
Relic: The No 3 ethyl mixing tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.
Relic: The No 3 ethyl mixing tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.
Supply line: No 4 underground tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.
Supply line: No 4 underground tank of the RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.
Fuel: A copy of tetraethyllead (TEL) blending mixture to boost octane rating for aviation fuel, dated March 28, 1942.
Fuel: A copy of tetraethyllead (TEL) blending mixture to boost octane rating for aviation fuel, dated March 28, 1942.
Orders: The original orders to construct the Inland Aircraft Fuel Depots in WA, including North am, dated March 23, 1942 
Document courtesy of the National Archives of Australia  File 23/501/58
Orders: The original orders to construct the Inland Aircraft Fuel Depots in WA, including North am, dated March 23, 1942 Document courtesy of the National Archives of Australia File 23/501/58
Cooperation: The file document indicating the proportion of fuel quantities and costs shared between the United States Army (Air Corps) and the Royal Australian Air Force.   
Document courtesy of the National Archives of Australia  File 23/501/58
Cooperation: The file document indicating the proportion of fuel quantities and costs shared between the United States Army (Air Corps) and the Royal Australian Air Force. Document courtesy of the National Archives of Australia File 23/501/58
Copy of tetraethyllead (TEL) blending mixture to boost octane rating for aviation fuel, dated 28 March 1942 .
Copy of tetraethyllead (TEL) blending mixture to boost octane rating for aviation fuel, dated 28 March 1942 .
Secret: Order to install an underground drum shelter to hold 15 drums of TEL at RAAF No10 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot, Northam, dated March 4, 1942.
Secret: Order to install an underground drum shelter to hold 15 drums of TEL at RAAF No10 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot, Northam, dated March 4, 1942.
Ready, aim, fire: An example of an anti-aircraft artillery battery likely stationed at RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.
Ready, aim, fire: An example of an anti-aircraft artillery battery likely stationed at RAAF No 10 IAFD, Northam.

NORTHAM'S involvement and contribution to the war effort during WWII can never be underrated with the rediscovery of a number of strategically important military establishments within the shire based in and around Burlong, Springhill and Spencers Brook.

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