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SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. A JEEP AND TRAILER OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LOADED WITH TROOPS, FAILED TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER. A BULLDOZER PULLED THE JEEP OUT AND IT WAS ON ITS WAY AGAIN AFTER THE ENGINE DRIED OUT.
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. PRIVATE R.A. TUMNEY, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, FINDING IT HARD TO KEEP A DRY SEAT IN HIS JEEP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER WH
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-31. A BULLDOZER OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TOWING A CARRYALL LOADED WITH SAND FOR TOP DRESSING THE BUIN ROAD.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-16. A BULLDOZER, DRIVEN BY SAPPER H.F. THOMAS, 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, CLEARING AWAY THE TOP SOIL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 3-TONNER ROAD BETWEEN
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 TH
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-16. A BULLDOZER OF 6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, CLEARING AWAY THE TOP SOIL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 3-TONNER ROAD BETWEEN THE MOBIAI AND THE OGORA
