The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 2/1st Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, assisted by sappers of 580th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Buckingham fired the charges, Greece.
Road and site over demolished bridge over Aliakmon River. From the south bank. Destroyed by Australian sappers during the withdrawal of British troops from Greece, 1941.
On the road east of Delphi, this bridge was destroyed by sappers of the Royal Australian Engineers during the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in April 1941.
This bridge was on the road east of Delphi and was destroyed by sappers of the Royal Australian Engineers during the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in 1941.
It was near this point, south-west of Servia, that the 19th Australian Infantry Brigade crossed the river over a hastily constructed and improvised bridge built by 2/1st Australian Field Company, Roya
Depicts a ruined bridge over Litani River, near Marjayoun, Syria (now located in Lebanon). The bridge was blown up by retreating Vichy French forces. The artist wrote: "a serviceable low level bridg
During his time in the Middle East, Ivers painted many places that were significant to military campaigns during the First World War. This work depicts an old stone bridge over the Jordan River near S
