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BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. PERSONNEL OF NO. 7 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 60-FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM NEAR DRINIUMOR ON THE AITAPE-BABIANG ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX42535 CORPORAL W.H. EVANS (1); VX45973 SERGEANT F. CLANCY (2); SX30315 SAPPER D.W. IRVINE (3); SX27883 SAPPER I.D. JACKSON (4); VX27516 LANCE-CORPORAL BAHR (5); NX128292 SAPPER R. CLARKE (6).
BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMBULANCE CAREFULLY NEGOTIATING THE LOOSE SOIL ON THE EASTERN APPROACHES OF THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE DRINIUMOR RIVER BUILT BY ENGINEER
BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. THIS 234 FEET HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE ACROSS THE DRINIUMOR RIVER BUILT BY ENGINEERS OF NO. 7 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, IN TEN DAYS.
BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. ENGINEERS OF NO. 9 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, BUILDING A COCONUT LOG BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO ROAD.
AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. ENGINEERS OF NO. 8 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, BUILDING A COCONUT LOG BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- QX33524 SAPPE
BABIANG ROAD, AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. A JEEP CROSSING A NEW BRIDGE BUILT BY TROOPS OF NO. 9 PLATOON, 2/8TH FIELD COMPANY, ON THE AITAPE-DOGRETO BAY ROAD.
DRINIUMOR RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-23. TROOPS OF THE 2/8 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ROLLING LOGS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SAPP
