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ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON A RUINED PIPELINE JETTY AFTER WORKING WAIST DEEP IN MUD AND SLIME TO BREACH BEACH WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS FOR THE INFANTRY INVASION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SAPPER D.R. BIDWELL (1); SAPPER R A R STEVENSON (2); SAPPER P CARROLL (3); CPL R C MACE (4); SAPPER J S PROCTOR (5); SAPPER G E MAXWELL (6); SAPPER A J CLYDESDALE (7); SAPPER E S SLEE (8), WHO WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION AT DJOEATA ON 1 JULY 1945.
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-04-30. WX6046 Sapper C.J. Foley, 2/13th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, returning along a ruined pipeline jetty planking after breaches had been blown in beach
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEN OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, EXHAUSED AFTER THE INITIAL ATTEMPT TO GET ASHORE AT LINGKAS TO BLOW WIRE DEFENCES. THEY REST IN A LANDING CRAFT VEHI
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
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
ATHERTON, NTH QLD. 1943-11-30. COOKS AT WORK AT THE 12TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY TRANSPORT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS' MESS. THEY ARE: Q148172 SAPPER L. J. PARRY (1); Q89886 SAPPER R. H. MASON (2); Q
Senior NCOs at the 4th Australian General Hospital. Identified, left to right, back row: Sergeant (Sgt) J Best; Sgt G Morris; Sgt R Daw; Sgt M Humphries; Sgt F Beadle; Sgt A Thompson; Sgt J Wisdom; St
