6th Engineer Support Regiment Archives

Commander 17th Sustainment Brigade, Brigadier Rebecca Talbot, centre, and Regimental Sergeant Major Andrew Crook visit the newly completed Kup Murri (traditional cooking pit) constructed by 6th Engineer Support Regiment soldiers. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photos supplied.

Cooking up connection on Warraber Island

05/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2064 Views 0 Comments 17th Sustainment Brigade, 19th Chief Engineer Works (19CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

Australian Army engineers marked a major milestone on Warraber Island, with the completion of their first community construction project. CAPTION: Commander

Sapper Jeirome Auda-Muckan is using his carpentry skills to construct a community hall on Erub Island, Torres Strait, as part of the Army Ailan (Aboriginal) Assistance Program. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photos by Corporal L Warwick.

Australian Army News

Sapper gives back to his island home

03/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1807 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

A soldier has returned to familiar faces of his childhood home to build stronger futures through the Army Ailan (Aboriginal)

Trade apprentices, carpenter Sapper Jack Graham, electrician Aircraftman Erik Wegger and carpenter Sapper Samuel Meredith, from The School of Military Engineering, work on the underground Command Post for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story and photos by Captain Joanne Leca.

Australian Army News Talisman Sabre

Sappers dig deep for Talisman Sabre

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1722 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

While other soldiers prepared for deployment to Exercise Talisman Sabre, engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment were already hard at

Army engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment clear the ground with a JCB Skid Steer Loader for the Army Ailan Community Assistance Program. Story and photos by Captain Joanne Leca.

Australian Army News

Engineers tackle offshore mission in Torres Strait

10/06/202515/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1193 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

Australian Army engineers took to the water with specialist equipment on three commercial barges to support a complex infrastructure mission

Australian Army sappers from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment join in a Counter-Improvised Explosive Device course during the Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines program in Tarlac City, Philippines. Story by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Sappers get a blast out of shared training

29/04/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1193 Views 0 Comments 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Armed Forces of the Philippines, EOD, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), mobile training team (MTT)

Under the beating sun in Tarlac City in the Philippines, Australian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists recently exchanged experience and

Private Thomas Allsbury, of 9th Force Support Battalion, before a beach landing at Sabina Point, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, as part of Exercise South Queensland Warfighter 2024. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Sergeant Jason Slape.

Australian Army News

Big changes for 17th Sustainment Brigade

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2170 Views 2 Comments 12th Chief Engineer Works (12CEW), 17th Sustainment Brigade, 19th Chief Engineer Works (19CEW), 1st (Australian) Division, 1st Military Police Battalion, 2nd (Australia) Division, 2nd Force Support Battalion, 6th Engineer Support Regiment

17th Sustainment Brigade has undergone major structural and command changes – departing Forces Command, as well as losing some old

Australian Army officers Captain Will Guelen and Captain Max Cubis, of 12th Chief Engineer Works, oversee the concrete pour for the boat ramp under construction at Lombrum Naval Base, PNG. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photos by Corporal Joshua Thomas.

Australian Army News Overseas

Aussie sappers and tradies at work on Admiralty Islands

03/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1491 Views 0 Comments 12th Chief Engineer Works (12CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, PNGDF

During World War 2, more than 200 ships could be found at anchor in Seeadler Harbor, Papua New Guinea, a

Australian Army Corporal Solomon Boyd and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officer Tusa consolidate explosive remnants of war during Operation Render Safe, Munda, Solomon Islands. Story by Sergeant David Said. Photos by Corporal Sam Price.

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Soldier gets a blast from reaching his goal in Solomons

27/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1297 Views 0 Comments 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, EOD, Operation Render Safe, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Solomon Islands

Corporal Solomon Boyd achieved his goal when he deployed as an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician for the first time

Australian Army surveyor Sapper Shaun Jackson from 6th Engineer Support Regiment completes a surveying task as part of the 2024 Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme in Amata, SA. Story by Flight Lieutenant Marina Power. Photo by Private Jack Hayes.

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Army surveyors shoot lasers

19/07/202430/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1806 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

Shooting lasers is all in a day’s work for the small cohort of Army surveyors. CAPTION: Australian Army surveyor Sapper Shaun

Private Luke Kennedy assists a fellow Amata community member with the construction of a bench seat. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photo by Private Jack Hayes.

Australian Army News

Army building for Aboriginal community in red centre

28/06/202429/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1786 Views 0 Comments 19th Chief Engineer Works (19CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, NORFORCE

The First Nations community of Amata in Australia’s red centre welcomed a 100-member Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program (AACAP) contingent

Explosive ordnance disposal specialists from Australia and the US conduct x-ray procedures to determine the safety state of explosive remnants of war during Operation Render Safe in Nauru. Story by Pilot Officer Shanea Zeegers. Photos by Sergeant Craig Barrett.

Australian Army News Overseas

Committed to improving safety

07/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1924 Views 0 Comments 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Nauru Police Force (NPF), Operation Render Safe, UXO

A multinational team of explosive ordnance specialists disposed of 18 remnants of World War 2 during Operation Render Safe in

Commander 6th Brigade Brigadier Greg Novak uses the ceremonial axe to officially open the 6th Engineer Support Regiment Memorial Walk at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photos by Warrant Officer Class 2 Kim Allen.

Australian Army Lest We Forget News

Army’s largest engineer regiment turns 20

29/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2268 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, RAAF Amberley, Royal Australian Engineers

More than 150 soldiers representing almost 30 different trades formed up on the 6th Engineer Support Regiment (6ESR) parade ground

From left, Army soldiers Lance Corporal Timothy Maloney and Private Liam McIvor, from the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, prepare to enter a building during joint training activities at Gallipoli Barracks, Queensland. Story and photo by Private Connor Morrison.

Australian Army News

Infantry and engineers learn from each other

25/08/202328/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1682 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment, EOD, Gallipoli Barracks, Urban Operations Training Facility

Soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment (9RQR), and the 6th Engineer Support Regiment (6ESR) conducted a joint unit

Australian Army explosive ordnance disposal technician Sergeant Haron Sarmiento after rendering safe a 500lb unexploded ordnance in Nauru. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photo by Corporal Sam Price.

Australian Army News Pacific

Teamwork defuses threat from Nauru bomb

25/07/202325/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2464 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, EOD, Nauru Police Force (NPF), Operation Render Safe, UXO

In a display of Pacific partner coordination, Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians have worked with Nauru authorities to render

An Australian Army soldier from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment, assists in filling Hesco barriers for protective works during Operation Render Safe, Nauru. Story by Captain Karam Louli . Photo by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.

Australian Army News Pacific Videos

Aussie EOD techs deal with UXO in Nauru

19/07/202321/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2560 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, EOD, Operation Render Safe, UXO, WWII

A team of Australian Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists are working with authorities in Nauru to render safe an

Australian Army engineering officer Lieutenant Nadia Al Lahham at 6th Engineer Support Regiment, RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Kim Allen.

ADF People

Officer engineers new career in Army

23/06/202324/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1767 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment

In early 2022, four years after being appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force as an airfield engineer, Lieutenant Nadia

An Australian Army CH-47 Chinook takes off from HMAS Canberra near the coast of Futuna Island to conduct a vertical replenishment during Operation Vanuatu Assist 2023. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Army engineers give remote island a lift

24/03/202324/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2933 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu

Army engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment (6ESR) will spend several days on Vanuatu’s remote island of Futuna to help

Sapper Malcolm Stewart, from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, delivers trade training to trainees Jonathon Guyula and Alistair Mununggurr during the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program in Gapuwiyak. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Lucas Petersen.

Australian Army News

Sharing trade skills in Gapuwiyak

05/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1855 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, Indigenous

What started out as a commitment to provide basic trade skills for three days a week, soon expanded to a

Sapper Cameron Turner, right, from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment, checks the level of a frame on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

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Sapper living his dream

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1903 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Sapper Cameron Turner, from Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter region, is fulfilling his dream of leading a construction activity overseas

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 1465 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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