This book traces the journey of a young man who has had the good fortune to achieve his two boyhood dreams – to be a soldier, and to build bridges.Dan spent 20 years as a soldier, made up of 14 years in the Regular Army and then 6 years in the Reserve, completing service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Dan experienced 12 months active service in the Vietnam War as a troop commander, followed by two years in Papua New Guinea building a road to Kokoda.He achieved his second aim of bridge building by being involved in the construction of two major bridges across the Brisbane River – the Merivale Rail Bridge and the Gateway Bridge. Between those two, Dan commenced his own business as a contractor building bridges, but the enterprise was not financially successful.The book concludes with details of varying experiences as a professional engineer, culminating in the successful completion of a road in Samoa, by solving technical and managerial problems, and surviving the horrendous Cyclone Val in December 1971.
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- Title Page
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright Information ©
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 South Australian Institute of Technology
- Chapter 2 South Vietnam
- Chapter 3 7 Field Squadron RAE
- Chapter 4 The District Engineers’ Office RAE
- Chapter 5 The Royal Military College of Science
- Chapter 6 Army Headquarters, Melbourne
- Chapter 7 Tasmania
- Chapter 8 21 Construction Squadron RAE
- Chapter 9 Cameron McNamara and Partners Pty Ltd
- Chapter 10 Bridge Contractor
- Chapter 11 Jabiru
- Chapter 12 Gateway Bridge
- Chapter 13 1983–85
- Chapter 14 Christiani and Nielsen
- Chapter 15 1987–91
- Chapter 16 Samoa
- Chapter 17 Fletcher Constructions
- Chapter 18 Malaysia
- Chapter 19 1994–95