Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), standing in front of a palm(?) tree. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Serviceman, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), with a local man standing beside a local bus. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Large group of servicemen from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron) in front of the sound shell at RNZAF Station Rongotai.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen outside their accommodation hut. Believed to be Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron) at Nausori airfield, Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Five servicemen in front of accommodation huts. Believed to be Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron) at RNZAF Station Nausori.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), standing in the road in front of a large building. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Local workers on a large pile of dirt. Unknown location in Fiji. Believed to be Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron). Handwritten on the reverse "W** labourers."

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Group of men, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron). swimming in a river (lagoon?). Unknown location.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Serviceman, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), with a local man beside a local bus. Unknown location in Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "This will give some idea as to what w** busses are like. One of my cobbers and the driver."

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Group of servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), and a local man beside a car. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Five servicemen pose for the camera beside a bush in a camp. Believed to be Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron) at RNZAF Station Nausori.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), pose for the camera beside a coconut palm, in front of a local Bure. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), standing on a bush path. Unknown location in Fiji. Left man is holding a vanilla pod(?)

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Large group of men, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), swimming in a river. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Unknown serviceman, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), standing beside a runway(?). Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen outside their accommodation hut. Believed to be Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron) at Nausori airfield, Fiji.

Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection. Two servicemen, believed to be from Unit 26 (later No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron), standing in front of a team of two bullocks ploughing a field. Unknown location in Fiji.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Group. No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron before leaving for Fiji. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Rongotai. A Shaw (indicated in the front row) and Len Stuart (back row 5th from right) Handwritten on the reverse "This is the whole Construction Unit. All Married x2! | Not a bad bunch of chaps "Archie" | Len Stuart with the tie. Myself in the front line."

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Man sitting on a Caterpillar crawler tractor, towing a scraper stuck in mud. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Three men standing beside a drag line crane beside a river. Local Fijian operating the crane. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji. A Shaw - middle of three.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Four men pose with a drag line crane, a truck and a scraper. A Shaw far left. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Caterpillar crawler tractor, towing a scraper stuck in mud. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Fijian(?) men sitting on a Caterpillar crawler tractor. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji.

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Archibald Shaw standing beside a wheel of a scraper attached to a Caterpillar crawler tractor. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "I have been on this for quite a few months what do you think of the tyres. Arch"

Image from the Archibald Shaw personal collection. Drag line crane on a barge on a river. Believed to be No. 2 Aerodrome Construction Squadron during the construction of Nadi Aerodrome, Fiji.