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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 VEHICLE-PERSONNEL BEFORE A LATER SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT FULL TIDE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SAPPER J.F. WILLIAMS (1); SAPPER J.R. MUNRO, LATER KILLED IN ACTION ON SNAG'S TRACK (2); SAPPER J.A. HOFFMANN (3); SAPPER R.A.R. STEVENSON (4); LANCE-CORPORAL R.C. MACE (5); SAPPER D.R. BIDWELL (6); SAPPER C.J. FOLEY (7).
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SAPPER R.A.R. STEVENSON (1), AND LANCE-CORPORAL R.C. MACE (2), MEMBERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, EXHAUSTED AFTER THE INITIAL ATTEMPT TO GET ASHORE
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SAPPER C.J. FOLEY, 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WADING THROUGH WATER CARRYING EXPLOSIVES TO BREACH WIRE DEFENCES AT LINGKAS THE DAY BEFORE THE INFANTRY
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEMBERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WADING ASHORE CARRYING EXPLOSIVES TO BREACH WIRE DEFENCES AT LINGKAS THE DAY BEFORE THE INFANTRY LANDING. IN THE
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. IDENTIFI
Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-04-30. VX70366 Sapper S. Smith of 2/13th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, returning along the wharf at Lingkas after breaching wire defences. He was covered in s
ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. SPECTATORS AT A SPORTS CARNIVAL HELD IN A CREEK DAMMED BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE CARNIVAL, ASTTENDED BY VISITORS FROM SUNSHI
