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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. MEN OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IN THE FOREGROUND, CONSTRUCTING A CULVERT TO REPLACE A JAPANESE BRIDGE DESTROYED BY THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE'S BOMBING OF EGAN'S RIDGE IN A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ROUTE THE ENEMY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT A.R. DUNSTAN (2); SAPPER BILLINGS, 58 CORPS, FIELD PARK COMPANY (6).
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-21. SAPPER BILLINGS, 58 CORPS, FIELD PARK COMPANY (1), OPERATING A BULLDOZER DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SECTOR OF THE BUIN ROAD THROUGH EGAN'S RIDGE BY 15 FIELD PARK COMPANY,
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. ENGINEERS OF 15TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LAYING DECKING ON A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED GIRDER BRIDGE. IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO REMOVE THE 12 TON BRIDGE AND REPLACE
TAGESSI, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. THE STEELE BRIDGE (NAMED AFTER ITS DESIGNER COLONEL C.S. STEELE) ERECTED OVER THE TAGESSI RIVER BY 11 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TO REPLACE THE TEMPO
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-23. 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, SAPPERS TAKE TIME OFF FOR A BREW DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AUSTPANEL BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER. THIS BRIDGE WILL REPL
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-22. PRIVATE H. WASHUSEN, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, STOPS DIGGING TO READ HIS MAIL. HE IS SEATED ON THE STUMP OF A TREE DESTROYED BY ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AT EGAN'S RI
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-23. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HAULING A LOG UPSTREAM IN READINESS FOR THE PILE DRIVER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AUSTPANEL BRIDGE OVER THE PU
