PUCKAPUNYAL, AUSTRALIA. 1942-06-20 TO 1942-06-21. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SAPPERS OF NO. 4 FIELD ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Puckapunyal
Accession Number 025488
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PUCKAPUNYAL, AUSTRALIA. 1942-06-20 TO 1942-06-21. THIS PICTURE SHOWS SAPPERS OF NO. 4 FIELD SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED DIVISION NON HANDLING THE HEAVY GIRDERS TO THE EDGE OF A CREEK PREPARATORY TO BRIDGING IT. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS PART OF A DISPLAY GIVEN AT A REVIEW OF THE ARMOURED DIVISION BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY.