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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 REPLACE THE OLD STRUCTURE OF LOGS AND WIRE MESH AND BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING TANKS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SAPPER F.G. NICHOLLS (1); SAPPER L.J. ATTWOOD (2); SAPPER A.L. GRAFF (3); SAPPER P.H. GILBERT (4); SAPPER V.N. DAVIS (5).
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
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-23. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WATCHING A MOBILE PILE DRIVER LIFTING A PILE INTO POSITION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PANEL BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-01. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ASSEMBLING THE APPROACHES TO A NEW AUSTPANEL BRIDGE ACROSS THE PURIATA RIVER. THIS AUSTRALIAN MADE BRIDGE, USED IN OP
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-23. A 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MOBILE PILE DRIVER WORKING IN THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PANEL BRIDGE TO REPLACE A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-23. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HAVE JUST ROLLED A LOG OFF THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE DURING RECONSTRUCTION WORK. THEY ARE BUILDING A PANEL BRIDGE OVER T
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-16. A 3 TON TRUCK CROSSING THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER. AN AUSTPANEL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IT IS 357
