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22nd Engineering Regiment

A soldier from the 22nd Engineer Regiment guards an "enemy" combatant during Exercise Platypus Survives at Puckapunyal Military Training Area. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photos by Corporal Michael Currie.
Australian Army News 

Engineers ‘bumped off’ then retake hill in challenging exercise

30/11/202310/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2328 Views 0 Comments 22nd Engineering Regiment, Exercise Platypus Survives, Puckapunyal

Despite building a series of pits and firing positions on a hill, sappers from 22 Engineer Regiment (22ER), 4th Brigade, 

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Sergeant Duncan Keith moves the scar tree into position. Story by Captain Kristen Cleland. Photos by Private Michael Currie.
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New home for scar tree

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2399 Views 0 Comments 22nd Engineering Regiment, Indigenous

Conducting real-world training, 22nd Engineer Regiment soldiers helped move a 400-year-old scar tree from Melbourne to Wollithica Country, near Torrumbarry

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