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unusual facts about 13 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers



13 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers

The unit's first major operation was constructing a suspension bridge over the Helena River at Guildford in Western Australia.

Alfred Baxter-Cox

Enlisting as an other rank in the Royal Australian Engineers, Baxter-Cox held the rank of sapper when he was posted to Engineering Reinforcements camped on Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 29 February 1916.

Luscombe Airfield

The airfield was built by 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers for the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat.

Royal Australian Engineers

During this period the School of Military Engineering was established at Moore Park in Sydney.

In 1939 the School of Military Engineering was re-established at Steele Barracks in Liverpool, New South Wales, where it remains today.

Six Foot Track

The river is crossed either via ford or by using a suspension bridge, called Bowtells Swing Bridge, built by 3 Troop, the 'Tunnel Rats' of the 1st Field Squadron of the Royal Australian Engineers in 1991.


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