Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Australia Service Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's details.

REL49836.004

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BASAMA-LAE AREA. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-16/17. AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS USING A TRACTOR TO HAUL A LARGE LOG OUT OF THE JUNGLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE UNIT SAWMILL.

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Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

British War Medal 1939-45, impressed around edge with recipient's details.

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LABU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. NGX2199 CAPTAIN V.H. SHERWIN, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHAPLAIN (1), GREETING QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, CBE, MC, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), (2), AND...

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LABU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, CBE, MC, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.) (1) PICTURED WITH NX137962 SAPPER R. PATRICK, 9TH FIELD COMPANY (2), IN A JEEP WHICH...

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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-18. A GENERAL VIEW OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS OFFICERS AND THEIR GUESTS, AT THE ENGINEERS' WATERLOO DINNER, HELD AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB, LAE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SIN...

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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-25. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D.F. MILLAR, ADDRESSING THE ANZAC DAY PARADE AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT. THE PARADE, HELD ON B COMPANY PARADE GROUND, WAS ATTENDED BY STAFF AND PATI...

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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-18. THE GOC'S TABLE AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB, LAE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE ENGINEERS' WATERLOO DINNER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR THAT A WATERLOO D...

093129

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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. A DAM BUILT AT THE BUSU RIVER, BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB AREA FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO HOSPITALS. THE DAM, SHOWING THE OUTLET HANDLING NAT...

071978

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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. A 300 FEET SUSPENSION BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB AREA, CARRIES A PIPELINE WHICH PROVIDES WATER TO HOSPITALS.

071979

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-28. A MOTOR LAUNCH BEING TRANSPORTED BY TANK TRAILER FROM 5TH COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, (AIF), TO THE WATERFRONT FOR LAUNCHING. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND MARINE FOOD SUPPLY PLATOON,...

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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. A NEW DYSENTERY WARD BUILT BY THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB AREA, FOR THE 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE. ENGINEERS AND NATIVE MEN PREPARING TIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK. (DONOR A. BARING)

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-28. Q271745 SAPPER C.D. HANDFORD, 5TH COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, (A.I.F.), STANDS OUTSIDE THE TENT COVERED COLDSTREAM REFRIGERATOR WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE HEADQUARTERS...

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-18. THE DRYING HUT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY OF THE 2ND MILITARY HISTORY FIELD TEAM ATTACHED TO THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY NEARING COMPLETION. THIS WORK IS BEING CARRIED O...

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-01-18. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY OF THE 2ND MILITARY HISTORY FIELD TEAM ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS, FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUTIBUM ROAD. THE C...

078853

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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. THE PUMPING PLANT USED TO PUMP WATER FROM THE DAM AT THE 2/7TH AND 2/8TH GENERAL HOSPITALS AND INSTALLED BY PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HEADQUARTERS LAE B...

071976

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Maker: Frazer, Alton Lyall

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. THE STORAGE BASIN AT THE FOREGROUND HOLDING 900,000 GALLONS OF WATER, AND ASSISTED BY THE PUMPING PLANT IN THE BACKGROUND PROVIDES WATER TO THE 2/7TH AND 2/8TH GENERAL HOS...

071977

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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. TROOPS AWAITING THE SCREENING OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY. PETROL DRUMS AND BOXES FORMED MANY OF THE IMP...

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Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Pacific Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.

REL49836.002

Manuscript

Maker: Peck, Lindsay J

"Sappers of the Silent Seventh", a compilation of narrative accounts describing the exploits of the 7th Division Engineers from the unit's formation at Ingleburn in 1940, through the campaigns in the ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-01. A D8 ANGLEDOZER REEFING THE BANK ABOUT 65 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. THE ROAD IS IN AN OPERATIONAL AREA OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A JEEP PICTURED IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 66 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. SOME JEEPS CARRYING ABOUT A TON WEIGHT OF NATIVE RATIONS RECEIVE TROUBLE AT THIS ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A LARGE BANYAN TREE LYING AT THE WAU - LAE ROAD. THE TREE IS A FAIR SAMPLE OF TREES IN THIS "RAIN FOREST" THAT REQUIRE CLEARING BY HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEE...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. A NARROW JEEP ROAD AROUND THE SIDE OF A HILL ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THIS PICTURE INDICATES HOW TIMBER HAS BEEN CLEARED TO ENABLE THE ROAD TO ...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. A SECTION OF THE WAU - LAE ROAD, THE JURISDICTION OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). A ROAD RUNS TO THE RIGHT, AND THE BRIDGE CROSSES A CREEK IN THE F...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. A TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH GRAVEL AT A PIT SIXTY TWO AND A QUARTER MILES FROM LAE BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.). A "CHINAMAN" HAS BEEN C...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. NX81806 SERGEANT D. TODD, TRANSPORT SERGEANT OF THE 9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (1) LENGTHENS A TOWLINE ON A JEEP CROSSING THE RIVER AT WAMPIT. THE CR...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. PAPUAN NATIVE BOYS ABOUT 70 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD. THEY ARE CARRYING STORES FOR HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), FROM JEEPS THAT WERE ST...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, OBE, MC, HEADQUARTERS COMMANDER, ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.), MAKING AN INSPECTION 67 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTIO...

070774

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-02. THE ROAD THROUGH A CLEARING ABOUT 71 MILES FROM WAU, ON THE WAU - LAE SECTION. THE NATIVES ARE CARRYING STORES FOR HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS (A.I.F.).

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. THIS BROAD HIGHWAY SIXTY THREE AND THREE-QUARTER MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION ILLUSTRATES THE CAPABILITIES OF AN ANGLEDOZER. THE ROAD IS IN AN OPERATION...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-2. TWO BRIDGES CROSSING THE GARAGOS RIVER 71 MILES FROM WAU ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD SECTION. THE ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE JURISDICTION OF HEADQUARTERS, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS...

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WAMPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-02. VX133146 LIEUTENANT R. BOOTH, (PLATOON COMMANDER, NO.1 PLATOON), PICTURED WITH VX114206 LIEUTENANT R. CRAWLEY, (FIELD ENGINEERING OFFICER), (2), AND NX148693 LIEUTENANT...

070775

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. A SUSPENSION BRIDGE BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS ACROSS THE BULOLO RIVER SIX AND A HALF MILES FROM WAU. IT REPLACES A BRIDGE LDESTROYED BY AUSTRALIAN COMM...

070852

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. A SUSPENSION BRIDGE BUILT BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS ACROSS THE BULOLO RIVER SIX AND A HALF MILES FROM WAU. IT REPLACES A BRIDGE DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIAN COMMA...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. NATIVES WORKING ON THE BENCHING OF THE ROAD ABOUT 79 MILES FROM WAU.

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. NGX306 WARRANT OFFICER II, D.H. FERRIES ( ), WITH WARRANT OFFICER II, PARER ( ), MEASURING THE BENCHING AT A SECTION 83 MILES FROM WAU ON WHICH NATIVES ARE WORK...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, OBE, MC, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, (A.I.F.) (1), AT THE MARKHAM VALLEY WITH HIS DRIVER NX137962 SAPPER R. PATRICK (2)...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-26. SLIPPERY SHALE AND EARTH ROADWAY AFTER RAIN AT THE UPGRADE FROM SUNSHINE, 31 MILES FROM WAU. ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE ROAD SURFACE AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE...

070904

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-26. TWENTY EIGHT MILES FROM WAU THE ROAD IS PICTURED RUNNING ALONG A GOOD SURFACE OF GOLD DREDGE TAILINGS. THE ROAD AT THIS POINT IS MAINTAINED BY THE 1ST MECHANICA...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. VX18592 LANCE-CORPORAL J. CHILDS ( ), PICTURED WITH LANCE-CORPORAL H. HORN, FORMERLY A CHIEF TESTER AND ENGINEER WITH THE BULOLO GOLD DREGING COMPANY ( ), ON TH...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-03. VX141682 WARRANT OFFICER II, PARER, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT REPRESENTATIVE ( ), PICTURED TALKING TO QX34507 LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J. REINHOLD, ...

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WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-26. WX8288 LANCE-CORPORAL C.R. FINCH (1), A DESPATCH RIDER FROM THE 1ST MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PLATOON, 2/1ST RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, (MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT), RO...

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ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-28. COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTERS, (A.I.F.) WAU, AT THE SIXTY ONE AND A QUARTER MILE POINT ON THE WAU - LAE ROAD.

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