ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON A RUINED PIPELINE JETTY AFTER ...

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Accession Number 090915
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Stuckey, W B
Place made Borneo: Tarakan
Date made 30 April 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON A RUINED PIPELINE JETTY AFTER WORKING WAIST DEEP IN MUD AND SLIME TO BREACH BEACH WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS FOR THE INFANTRY INVASION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SAPPER D.R. BIDWELL (1); SAPPER R A R STEVENSON (2); SAPPER P CARROLL (3); CPL R C MACE (4); SAPPER J S PROCTOR (5); SAPPER G E MAXWELL (6); SAPPER A J CLYDESDALE (7); SAPPER E S SLEE (8), WHO WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION AT DJOEATA ON 1 JULY 1945.