The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of a bridge showing the small emplacements for demolition charges in scale petrol tins, specially designed by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers.
Demolition charges awaiting emplacement on a bridge at Daours. These charges represented a new departure in demolition explosives, and were devised by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers.
Demolition charges placed in position by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers on a bridge over the Somme, at Daours.
Demolition charges being placed on a bridge spanning the Somme Canal by members of the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers. Identified are: 18669 Sapper A. J. Stevens (left), and 9104 Lance Co
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. A VIEW OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT WAS BUILT SO THAT IT COULD BE RAPIDLY PULLED APART WITHOUT DEMOLITION.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. A VIEW OF A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT WAS BUILT SO THAT IT COULD BE RAPIDLY PULLED APART WITHOUT DEMOLITION.
The southern buttress of the bridge can be seen in the centre. All three spans of the bridge were dropped into the river when it was blown. The charges were laid by Lance Corporal J.R. Buckingham of 2