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2 unusual facts about Nissen hut


Nissen hut

A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure, made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated steel.

Sparkwell Naval Camp

The Naval camp consisted of 20 Nissen-type huts for the soldiers' living quarters, a NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute) canteen which was also used as a cinema and sometimes a dance hall as well as a sick bay with a morgue.


Martyn Park

After a short stint living in a Nissen hut at the Wacol Hostel in Wacol, Queensland, they moved to Cronulla Beach in New South Wales.


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