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A COMPACT FORMATION OF R.A.F. HURRICANES IN FLIGHT OVER THE WESTERN DESERT. NO NEG OR PRINT. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
A COMPACT FORMATION OF R.A.F. HURRICANES IN FLIGHT OVER THE WESTERN DESERT. NO NEG OR PRINT. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).009823
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ALBUM OF 72 NUMBERED AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ALL HELD IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ...
Photograph
ALBUM OF 72 NUMBERED AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ALL HELD IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 1 COLLECTION. THE ALBUM WAS ISSUED AS A COMMERCIAL SET. IT INCLUDES SMALL PRINTS (6 X 4 CM) OF GA...AWM2022.582.1
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Back them up!: A British tank attack in the Western Desert
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Second World War poster depicts a British Matilda tank in the foreground, with guns ablaze, leading a convoy of others. To the left of the poster, a German tank burns, with German soldier...ARTV02305
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Bosgard, Peter (Sergeant, 2/15th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Bosgard, Peter Whittingham
COPY OF MEMOIR ENTITLED "THE BENGHASI HANDICAP" RECOUNTING THE DONOR'S EXPERIENCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND FOLLOWING CAPTURE, HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN ITALY AND AUSTRIAPR82/174
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Bourke, Rowland Hugh (WARRANT OFFICER, d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Bourke, Rowland Hugh
COPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO HIS FAMILY FROM TRAINING CAMPS IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT, SERVICE IN SYRIA AND CRETE AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF A COMPANY ATTACK IN TOBRUKPR88/125
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Briggs, Archie Douglas (Private, b.1919 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Briggs, Archie Douglas Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6893 Private Archie Douglas Briggs, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1...PR02091
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BRITISH ADVANCE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED, THIS TROOPER FROM A TANK REGIMENT FINDS ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
BRITISH ADVANCE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED, THIS TROOPER FROM A TANK REGIMENT FINDS INTEREST IN A CAPTURED GERMAN TANK.010946
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Cartmel, Reginald Charles (Staff Sergeant, 2/1st Ord Fd Workshop, AIF b.1903)
Private Record
Maker: Cartmel, Reginald Charles
TYPESCRIPT POEMS AND SONGS REGARDING THE WAR IN THE WESTERN DESERT ESPECIALLY FIELD WORKSHOPS, THE LOSS OF CRETE, THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK AND THE BENGHAZI HANDICAP; A DEMOLITION PERSONNEL ORDER AND PERSON...PR89/030
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2/3 Casualty Clearing Station Association
Private Record
Records of the Association comprising proceedings of meetings, membership lists, correspondence, financial papers, newspaper cuttings, articles written by members of the Association, histories of the ...PR00430
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2.8 cm sPzB le Fl 41 Anti tank Gun
Technology
Antitank gun featuring the Gerlich tapered bore barrel. The barrel is of monobloc construction with interrupted flanges at the breech end to receive the breech ring which is locked in position by a s...RELAWM36883
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Crouch, Thomas Edward Nelson (Flight Lieutenant, d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Crouch, Thomas Edward Nelson
Flying logbook maintained from enlistment at EFTS, posting to Sqn and later 450 Sqn operating in the Western Desert and near Gaza, including transfer to test pilot's course. Also includes a late arriv...PR82/166
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Crump, Philip (Private, b.1921 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Crump, Philip Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX59205 Private Philip Crump, 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine, Syria and Egypt, 1941-1...PR04177
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Cunningham, Edward Vincent (Corporal, b.1917 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Cunningham, Edward Vincent
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX3717 Corporal Edward Vincent Cunningham, 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East an...PR03738
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Daintree, Charles Marshall (Lieutenant Colonel, b: 1907)
Manuscript
Maker: Daintree, Charles Marshall
'AIF Abroad': Some Recollections of My War Years 1939 to 1945' describes Daintree's life beginning with his early life, then going on to his schooling, pre-war career as a teacher and then as a traine...MSS1509
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El Daba, Western Desert. c. 1943. Ground crew members of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF cooking ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
El Daba, Western Desert. c. 1943. Ground crew members of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF cooking some beans to have on toast for supper. Left to right: 33656 Harry Bossley (Driver Motor Transport; Un...MEA1099
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Front line dental salvage
Film
Dental section of 2/3 Australian Field Ambulance at work in the North African Desert. (See also F01229 for Department of Information unedited footage)F00816
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Gray, Lewis (Private, b.1913 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Gray, Lewis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX421 Private Lewis Gray, 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, 1940-1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists...PR04198
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Hill, Alec Jeffrey MBE ED (Major, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Hill, Alec Jeffrey
A collection of papers relating to 9 Division activities. The collection includes poems, a message, Order of the Day message from Blamey about the surrender of the Japanese, a letter from Gavin Long (...PR00177
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Hutchinson, Robert Muir (Sergeant, b.1919 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Hutchinson, Robert Muir
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406655 Sergeant Robert Muir Hutchinson, 108 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Germany, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one letter from Ser...PR05907
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Italian prisoners, Libya
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian prisoners of war rest during their march en route to prisoner of war cages. The prisoners were captured by the 6th Australian Division at the fall of Tobruk.ART22880