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SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. NATIVES RIDING ON A RAFT MADE FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS BY 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE RAFT WAS USED TO FERRY STORES AND TROOPS ACROSS THE MOBIAI RIVER. ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD FIND IT EASIER TO WADE ACROSS THE RIVER, THE NATIVE CARRIERS CROWD ON TO THE RAFT LIKE CHILDREN WITH A NEW TOY.
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. TROOPS OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, BEING FERRIED ACROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER ON A RAFT MADE FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS TOWED BY POWER W
SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. A BULLDOZER OPERATING A RAFT ACROSS THE MOBIAI RIVER CARRYING 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE SUPPLIES. A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FLIES OVERHEAD TO DROP FOOD SUPPLIES
MOTUPENA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-26. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE CROSSING A TEMPORARY FLOATING BRIDGE ACROSS THE ADELE RIVER BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS BY LASHING 44
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-29. FILLING 4 GALLON DRUMS WITH PETROL FROM 44 GALLON DRUMS AT THE N.T. BULK INSTALLATION PETROL AND OIL DEPOT. THE MAN ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS SEEN ROLLING AWAY
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-25. NATIVES ROLLING 44-GALLON DRUMS OF FUEL ASHORE AFTER THEY HAD BEEN UNLOADED FROM BARGES INTO HEAVY SURF. A 300-TON VESSEL OF 13 SMALL SHIPS COMPANY TRANSPORTED 1200 DRUMS FRO
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-25. NATIVES ROLLING 44-GALLON DRUMS OF FUEL ASHORE AFTER THEY HAD BEEN UNLOADED FROM BARGES INTO HEAVY SURF. A 300-TON VESSEL OF 13 SMALL SHIPS COMPANY TRANSPORTED 1200 DRUMS FRO
