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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO BUILT ROADS THROUGH THE SNOWCLAD MOUNTAINS OF SYRIA, ARE NOW ENGAGED IN PUSHING A ROAD THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE BETWEEN PORT MORESBY AND KOKODA.
PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. SAPPERS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CAMP BESIDE THE ROAD THEY HAVE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE DENSE JUNGLE BETWEEN PORT MORESB
PAPUA. 1942-09. SECTION OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. OVER SOME SECTIONS THE SURFACE IS SO TREACHEROUS THROUGH CO
PAPUA. 1942-09. SECTION OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTED BY SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE. OVER SOME SECTIONS THE SURFACE IS SO TREACHEROUS THROUGH CO
Kokoda, New Guinea. 1942-08. Aerial photograph of the terrain south of Kokoda, taken by a RAAF aircraft at 25,000 feet, shows the tangle of mountains, ridges and gorges with dense, humid jungle and ra
PAPUA. 1942-09. SAPPERS OF THE 2/6TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, FELLING AND SAWING TREES WITH WHICH TO BRIDGE SMALL CREEKS ALONG THE TRACK THROUGH THE VALLEY ON THE WAY TO KOKODA.
REINHOLD HIGHWAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-22. SAPPERS OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ENGAGED IN THE DANGEROUS WORK OF CLEARING THE ROAD BENCHING AFTER BLASTING.
