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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 27 JULY 1945. SAPPERS OF 2/4 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PREPARING A SMALL JAPANESE RAILWAY ENGINE, PREVIOUSLY USED TO TRANSPORT TIMBER OF A JAPANESE SAWMILL, TO HAUL DRINKING WATER FROM A SPRING BACK TO THE SAWMILL WHICH IS ON A STREAM. THERE WATER WILL THEN BE PUMPED INTO TANKS IN ENGINEER FOLDING BOATS AND GO DOWNSTREAM TO BE TAKEN TO FORWARD COMPANIES OF 2/9 INFANTRY BATTALION.
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 27 JULY 1945. CORPORAL J R WARLAND, 2/4 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HOLDING THE HOSE WHILE WATER IS BEING PUMPED INTO A TANK TOWED BY A SMALL JAPANESE RAILWAY E
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 27 JULY 1945. SAPPERS OF 2/4 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PUMPING SPRING WATER INTO A TANK IN AN ENGINEER FOLDING BOAT TO BE TAKEN DOWNSTREAM WHERE IT WILL GO TO
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 27 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/21 TRANSPORT PLATOON, FLOATING LOGS DOWN A STREAM OFF BALIKPAPAN BAY FROM A CAPTURED JAPANESE SAWMILL, TO BE USED TO BUILD A RAMP TO ASSIST AMPHIBIO
GUY'S POST, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-16. NX60432 DRIVER A.E. WHITBY (1), WITH VX13293 DRIVER R.N. FOGARTY (2), MEMBERS OF THE 153RD GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, FILL A WATER TRAILER FROM A WATERING POINT. TH
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-03. SAPPERS OF 2/4TH FIELD COMPANY PREPARING TO BLOW UP PIPE LINES OBSTRUCTING THE MOVEMENT OF TANKS SUPPORTING THE ADVANCE OF 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN THE OIL REFINERY
Balikpapan, Borneo. July 1945. A platoon of infantry supported by tanks go forward to clear the suburb of Klandasan of any remaining Japanese. Klandasan is a suburb of Balikpapan.
