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Exercise Platypus Survives

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.
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Engineers ‘bumped off’ then retake hill in challenging exercise

30/11/202310/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2170 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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