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HANABADA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. NEW OIL PIPELINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY MEMBERS OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THIS LINE WILL RUN FROM THE JETTY TO THE NEW OIL STORAGE TANKS NEAR PORT MORESBY. NOTE THE TRIPOD WHICH IS USED TO LIFT NEW SECTIONS OF PIPING INTO POSITION.
HANABADA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. VX79643 SAPPER J. REID OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PREPARING A NEW PIPE JOINT ON THE NEW PIPELINE. THIS PIPELINE WILL CARRY THE
HANABADA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-23. A BARE-CHESTED SX9587 CORPORAL N. A. PHILLPOTTS, ELECTRIC WELDER OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE). HIS JOB IS WELDING THE JOINTS
HANABADA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. MEMBERS OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ASSISTED BY NATIVE LABOURERS, CONSTRUCTING A NEW OIL PIPELINE FROM THE JETTY TO THE OIL STORA
HANABADA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-23. PERSONNEL OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS WHO ARE EMPLOYED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW OIL PIPELINE FROM THE JETTY TO THE NEW OIL
HANUABADA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-23. OIL PIPELINE AND STORAGE TANKS, SHOWING A TANKER UNLOADING AT THE END OF THE JETTY.
Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. Australian engineers at work repairing the wharf and pipe line. The pipes will be utilised to transfer fuel from tankers to storage positions on land. Before the war
