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Photograph P01860.007 Second World War, 1939-1945Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943. Typical terrain with palm trees and other tropical vegetation at Headquarters, Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE).

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Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943. View of a road and tropical bush in front of the Headquarters of Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE).
Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943. Typical terrain with palm trees and other tropical vegetation at Headquarters, Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE).

Dutch New Guinea, 1944. Members of Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), up to their waists in water on the flooded road or bush track from Merauke to Manggaterik. Left

Dutch New Guinea, 1943. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Douglas N. Fergusson, Officer Commanding, Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), at Merauke.

Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943. Group portrait of members of the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) gathered at the local Engineers Mess. Left to right: back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Douglas N. Fergusson,

Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1943-11. A member of Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), mounted on a Timor pony. The soldier has just ridden the horse to victory in the "

Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, 1944. Three members of Detachment, 5 Field Survey Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), standing on an infantry foot bridge built out of jungle timbers. Left to right:
