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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 THE PURIATA RIVER TO REPLACE A TEMPORARY WIRE MESH AND LOG STRUCTURE.
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. 1945-04-23. 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. 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. 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. 1945-05-16. 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
Toko, South Bougainville. 26 March 1945. Australian engineers still working on the old McKinna Bridge structure of log and wire mesh across the Puriata River as VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB C
