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A Bren carrier from 2/17th Infantry Battalion setting out to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A Bren carrier from 2/17th Infantry Battalion setting out to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s Land”.020371
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A Bren carrier operated by men from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion swirling through thick dust to ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A Bren carrier operated by men from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion swirling through thick dust to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s Land”.020372
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A captured Italian 75mm field gun in action - it was operated by members of the “Bush Artillery” ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A captured Italian 75mm field gun in action - it was operated by members of the “Bush Artillery” drawn from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion.020283
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A group of officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. From left to right: Back row: ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A group of officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. From left to right: Back row: Lieutenant (Lt) J. B. Norris (Possibly NX15055 Lt John Richard Bertram Norris); NX29407 Lt George Freder...020789
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A group of officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. From left to right: Back row: ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A group of officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. From left to right: Back row: Lieutenant (Lt) J. B. Norris (Possibly NX15055 Lt John Richard Bertram Norris); NX29407 Lt George Freder...020793
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An unidentified Australian gun crew from the 2/17 infantry battalion go into action as part of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
An unidentified Australian gun crew from the 2/17 infantry battalion go into action as part of the ‘Bush Artillery’. They have just fired a captured Italian 75/27 model 06 field gun using captured Ita...020279
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A rotund member of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion carrying an armful of Italian 75mm shells. ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A rotund member of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion carrying an armful of Italian 75mm shells. Australian Units used them in captured Italian guns in Tobruk.021027
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A wounded Australian soldier being carried to the underground Regimental Aid Post of the 2/17th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A wounded Australian soldier being carried to the underground Regimental Aid Post of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion in an advanced area of Tobruk.021020
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A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ”Fig Tree” Regimental Aid Post. Situated in a cave over which grew an old fig tree, the area was under en...021023
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A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ”Fig Tree” Regimental Aid Post. Situated in a cave over which grew an old fig tree, the area was under en...021022
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A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A wounded Australian soldier from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion being carried into the famous ”Fig Tree” Regimental Aid Post. Situated in a cave over which grew an old fig tree, the area was under en...021021
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Camouflage played an important part in the Western Desert campaign as shown in this scene from ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Camouflage played an important part in the Western Desert campaign as shown in this scene from above the 2/17th Infantry Battalion Headquarters area looking north west towards the Derna Road. The cam...020287
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Guns and crew at the alert, a Bren carrier speeds out through the dust to engage an enemy party ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Guns and crew at the alert, a Bren carrier speeds out through the dust to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s Land”.020373
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Members of the 2/17 infantry battalion are enjoying a smoke while they scan the horizon for signs ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Members of the 2/17 infantry battalion are enjoying a smoke while they scan the horizon for signs of enemy activity. They are part of the ‘Bush Artillery' and are operating a captured Italian 75/27 mo...020286
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Men of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion used this captured Italian field gun to send 75mm shells ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Men of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion used this captured Italian field gun to send 75mm shells back to their former owners. The soldiers were known as the “Bush Artillery” because they were infantryme...020277
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NX365 Brigadier John Joseph Murray, at right, of the 20th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk, with his ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
NX365 Brigadier John Joseph Murray, at right, of the 20th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk, with his battalion commanders. From the left: NX378 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) (later Brigadier) John Wilson Crawf...020772
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NX378 Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) John Wilson Crawford, Commanding Officer of 2/17th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
NX378 Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) John Wilson Crawford, Commanding Officer of 2/17th Infantry Battalion. Accidentally killed 7 March 1943.020725
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One of the gunners of the “Bush Artillery”, 2/17th Infantry Battalion troops employed as ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
One of the gunners of the “Bush Artillery”, 2/17th Infantry Battalion troops employed as artillerymen, at work on the breech of a captured Italian field gun which was used to fire back to the Italian...020278
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Scene in an Advanced Regimental Aid Post near Tobruk. The soldier on the stretcher is having a ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Scene in an Advanced Regimental Aid Post near Tobruk. The soldier on the stretcher is having a splint applied at the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s Regimental Aid Post in the El Adem Sector. NX12279 Ca...021019
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Smoke belching from a captured Italian 75mm field gun which members of the 2/17th Infantry ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Smoke belching from a captured Italian 75mm field gun which members of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s “Bush Artillery” used against the enemy. The soldier with a shell in his hands is about to reloa...020284