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6th Engineer Support Regiment

Sapper Donald Currie, a Plumber from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, works on the construction of an Independent Youth Centre in Gapuwiyak, NT. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Lucas Petersen.
ADF People 

Going above and beyond

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2045 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, Indigenous

Sapper Donald Currie is not your average plumber. CAPTION: Sapper Donald Currie, a Plumber from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, works

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Teachers and students of Lekutu Secondary School during the official handover ceremony to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction project in Vanua Levu, Fiji on July 21. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Rebuilding schools for Fijian leaders of tomorrow

26/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2857 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Fiji, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Tropical Cyclone Ana, Tropical Cyclone Yasa

In a rural Fijian town well off the tourist map, hundreds of school children were dancing, singing and celebrating the

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Sergeant Damian Dickson from 6th Engineer Support Regiment uncovers a training improvised explosive device during Exercise Wallaby Walk at Canungra. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Kim Allen.
Australian Army News 

Engineers render ‘booby-trapped city’ safe

01/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2167 Views 0 Comments 1st Intelligence Battalion, 1st Military Police Battalion, 6th Engineer Support Regiment, 7th Signal Regiment, Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Under the quiet jungle canopy of the Canungra field training area in Tamborine Mountain, south-east Queensland, three teams of six

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Plant Foreman Australian Army soldier Corporal Greg McKenzie from 6th Engineer Support Regiment during Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2022 at Gapuwiyak, in the Northern Territory. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Petersen.
ADF People 

Digging AACAP at Gapuwiyak

01/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2055 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, Army Reserve, Australian Antarctic Division

At 63, 6th Engineer Support Regiment plant foreman Corporal Greg McKenzie has experienced a wide variety of careers encompassing supermarket

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Australian Army soldier Sapper Jeirome Auda-Muckan from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment uses spare materials to enhance the living quarters of AACAP 2022 contingent members living at Camp Birt near Gapuwiyak, on June 22. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Lucas Petersen.
ADF People 

Carpenter fulfills calling at AACAP

01/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2198 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

With both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, Sapper Jeirome Auda-Muckan is excited to be deployed on his first Army

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Sapper Brayden Taylor, from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment, works with Lismore Council workers repairing the Nimbin water pipeline. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
ADF Australian Army News 

Army engineers help return water supply to Nimbin

25/03/202230/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3260 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Army engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment have been working tirelessly with workers from Lismore City Council and contractors to

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Army engineer Lance Corporal Jack Dalrymple assists Lismore Shire Council to clear debris from Mulgum Creek Weir in Nimbin, New South Wales, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez Pinto. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF Australian Army News 

Nimbin pipeline repairs underway

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2458 Views 0 Comments 21, 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Australian Army combat engineers and Lismore City Council workers swung into action after Nimbin in northern New South Wales was left with

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An Army soldier uses a backhoe to clear flood-damaged household goods from a street in Lismore, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News 

Lismore flood-damaged goods cleaned up

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2220 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Bobcats scoop up destroyed stock from an electrical supply store and move back-and-forth, emptying the waste into an Army dump

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