AWM E03909

A row of men standing bridge with one section fallen inot the river.

A group of Australians, including Major General John Gellibrand, commanding the 3rd Australian Division, stands on a bridge newly built by the 3rd Pioneer Battalion across the Somme at Chipilly to replace one that had been destroyed by the retreating Germans, 17 August 1918. The pioneers had the new bridge operating in six days. AWM E03909

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