The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tripoli, Syria. 6 June 1942. Construction of a tank trap near Tripoli by Lebanese civilians under the supervision of the 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Picture shows civilian workers "bogged" in the soft earth. Lieutenant A E Baumgarten, (right foreground) (identity not confirmed) and SX146 Sergeant James William Hasse (top right) both of 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, are shown in the picture.
Tripoli, Syria. 6 June 1942. View of Lebanese civilians working under the supervision of sappers of the 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers in the construction of a tank trap near Tripoli.
Tripoli, Syria. 6 June 1942. NX3539 Lieutenant A E Bamgarten, 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, with Lebanese civilians in the tank trap under construction by civilian labour supervised
Tripoli, Syria. 6 June 1942. NX3539 Lieutenant A E Bamgarten (right) and SX146 sergeant J W Hasse of the 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, in front of a pillbox in the defences near Tri
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. SYRIAN LABOURERS USING A CEMENT MIXER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LANCE CORPORAL V.A. RUSSELL AND SAPPER E.J. CATTELL OF THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. A BRIDGE IN CONSTRUCTION BY THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, OVER THE ANTI-TANK DITCH. THE RAILWAY LINE SEEN IS THAT WHICH RUNS INTO TURKEY.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. A VIEW OF A SECOND BRIDGE ACROSS THE ANTI-TANK DITCH CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE 2/3RD FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
