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Photograph 004640 Second World War, 1939-1945NABLUS - THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT HAS ITS SENTRIES TOO. HERE IS SAPPER H. CARPENTER DOING A JOB THAT HE NEVER HAD TO DO WHEN ON HIS CIVIL JOB WITH NSW RAILWAYS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

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NABLUS - IT'S HARD WORK BEING WITH THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT, ON ACTIVE SERVICE - BUT THESE BOYS WOULDN'T SWAP THEIR JOB WITH YOURS, NO SIR. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
NABLUS - THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT HAS ITS SENTRIES TOO. HERE IS SAPPER H. CARPENTER DOING A JOB THAT HE NEVER HAD TO DO WHEN ON HIS CIVIL JOB WITH NSW RAILWAYS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

NABLUS - IRON SLEEPERS ARE SOMETHING NEW TO THESE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY MEN - BUT THEY LIKE THEM TO WORK WITH. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

NABLUS - THEY WOULDN'T BE RAILWAY MEN IF THEY DIDN'T ENJOY THEIR TEA, AND DO THEY? JUST TAKE A LOOK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

NABLUS - MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK AND THESE DIGGERS OF THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COY. CERTAINLY MAKE LIGHT WORK OF HEAVING RAIL LINES ABOARD THIS TRUCK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

NABLUS - HE'S SITTING DOWN ON THE JOB HERE - BUT WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING TO DO HE'LL BE THERE. SAPPER G. PARSONAGE, WHO WENT THRU' LAST WAR WITH THE R.N. AND HAS BEEN WITH N.S.W. R'WAYS TILL THIS PRESE

NABLUS - THIS WORK ISN'T NEW TO THESE DIGGERS. THEY'RE ALL RAILWAY MEN FROM AUST. & ARE PUTTING A LINE IN WORKING ORDER THAT WAS BUILT BY TURKS DURING 1914/18 WAR, WHICH AMUSES THEM IMMENSELY. (NEGATI
