jock fraser (on thr right ) taken january 1959

Does this forum address WWII in 1945, I have 30-40 great photos of my fathers from that time

main camp 1958

I recently read an artcle on the Island and it contained the following 'The island is perfectly — no, ridiculously — flat. The highest point is a 35-foot-high mound, Joe’s Hill, erected by a British serviceman who was bulldozing coral and tar sands to construct the road that runs the length of the island. According to one account, he made the miniature hill as a perch for camping, preferring the seaside solitude to the military barracks.

I wondered who 'Joe' was and the location of his 'hill'. Anyone know?

Here is a link to the official Operation Grapple film, made in 1956.!  Were you there - are you in it?    http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060020933

Bob.

My father was a Cpl with 28 Field Engineer Regiment on Christmas Island between June 65 and March 57.  He died in 1981 as a regular serving Captain. His nickname was or became Twink. I am hoping that someone somewhere might have known my father, got a few stories to tell or even better got some photographs of him.  He received a BEM for his services on Op Grapple for being in command of a section operating one of the asphalt mixing machines during the construction of the main runway of the airbase on Christmas Island.

Sunset over Christmas Island.

View one evening across one of the Lagoons.

Myself in forground and Colin Grantham in distance.  Taken in early 1960.