Courage And Valour

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New Zealanders in the Italian Campaign
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Episode 11 – The Engineers
Tuesday, 5 April, 2016

Episode Eleven: In this episode we hear stories from Engineers of the New Zealand Army who served in Italy. The Engineers performed a myriad of important tasks that kept the Army moving forward, from building bridges over rivers and canals were previous bridges had been blown by the retreating Germans; to mine laying and mine clearing; to building construction, road repair and vehicle maintenance. In this bumper sized episode you’ll hear the memories of several Engineers who were there. Featuring: Ted Gatfield (7 Mechanical Equipment Company, Headquarters, NZ Engineers) Tom McClennan (7th Field Engineers) Eric Bullen (2nd NZ Divisional Engineers) Ted Lees (Field Engineers) Stan Wall (Field Engineers) Pat Green (24 Battalion) Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 53 seconds Narration provided by Dave Homewood Recordings and Editing by Dave Homewood Produced by Dave Homewood