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Coming in after a long patrol Sergeant Bill Souter of Sydney made short work of his slice of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Coming in after a long patrol Sergeant Bill Souter of Sydney made short work of his slice of bread and jam.020637
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Comparing the British anti-personnel mine at right and German S mine at left. The German mine ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Comparing the British anti-personnel mine at right and German S mine at left. The German mine was widely used by the enemy in the Tobruk area.020643
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Copy of a letter of appreciation sent to personnel of No. 153 Anti-Aircraft Battery, 9th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Copy of a letter of appreciation sent to personnel of No. 153 Anti-Aircraft Battery, 9th Division, Tobruk.020914
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Corporal Fowler and Private J Smart, staff of the Officers' Mess, Headquarters, 26th Australian ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Corporal Fowler and Private J Smart, staff of the Officers' Mess, Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, Tobruk.020172
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CORPORAL J. EDMONDSON, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC), ...
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CORPORAL J. EDMONDSON, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC), POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION AT TOBRUK, LIBYA ON 1941-04-13.044622
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Corporal John Edmondson
Art
Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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CORPORAL JOHN HURST EDMONDSON VC, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, ...
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CORPORAL JOHN HURST EDMONDSON VC, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.100642
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CPL. J. EDMONDSON, FIRST AUSTRALIAN VC WINNER OF THE 2ND AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
CPL. J. EDMONDSON, FIRST AUSTRALIAN VC WINNER OF THE 2ND AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 13 APRIL 1941 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.010576
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Crews of 25 ton Matilda II “I” tanks of the 7th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment have a rest during ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Crews of 25 ton Matilda II “I” tanks of the 7th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment have a rest during tactical exercises near Tobruk.021047
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Cricket match between 20 Australian Infantry Brigade and 107 RHA, 30 July 1941
Private Record
Maker: 20th Infantry Brigade
Document describing a forthcoming cricket match at Tobruk on 30 July 1941, between 20 Aust. Infantry Brigade and 107 Royal Horse Artillery teams. It lists the Australian team, hours of play, dress, r...PR91/190
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Damien Parer, a Department of Information photographer, filming with a Newman-Sinclair 35mm ...
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Maker: Silk, George
Damien Parer, a Department of Information photographer, filming with a Newman-Sinclair 35mm camera, probably the Auto Kine Camera model, during the Siege of Tobruk. Parer could be filming material for...009508
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DAMIEN PARER AND GEORGE SILK IN "HIDE OUT" ON EDGE OF TOBRUK HARBOUR WAITING FOR AIR RAID. ...
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Maker: Silk, George
DAMIEN PARER AND GEORGE SILK IN "HIDE OUT" ON EDGE OF TOBRUK HARBOUR WAITING FOR AIR RAID. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).009499
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Defence Medal : Brigadier W J V Windeyer, HQ 20 Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL38997.008
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Defence Medal : Corporal A V Ridgely, 2/1 Australian Pioneer Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL36662.003
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Defence Medal : Private G E Chard, 2/15 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35307.003
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Demolished buildings and a prisoners of war cage in the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area, ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Demolished buildings and a prisoners of war cage in the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area, west of the El Adem to Bardia road junction.020163
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Demonstration of a Flame-Thrower operated by 9th Division Engineers in Tobruk.
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Demonstration of a Flame-Thrower operated by 9th Division Engineers in Tobruk.020663
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Derna, Libya. BOMBARDIER L.M. THERALD OF ST. MARY'S TAS. HIS BATTERY WAS IN ACTION AT TOBRUK AND ...
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Derna, Libya. BOMBARDIER L.M. THERALD OF ST. MARY'S TAS. HIS BATTERY WAS IN ACTION AT TOBRUK AND DERNA AND IS DOING GREAT WORK IN THE ADVANCE.005671
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Despatch sorting bins in the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Division Signals, Tobruk.
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Maker: Veron, Donald Norwood
Despatch sorting bins in the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Division Signals, Tobruk.020868
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Despite a bandage shown here and there, these men of the 24th Infantry Brigade were in good ...
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Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Despite a bandage shown here and there, these men of the 24th Infantry Brigade were in good spirits as they disembarked after their voyage from Tobruk. Identified, centre front, is QX474 Lionel Dougla...020461
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Diary of Alan Louis Singleton, 1941-1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Singleton, Alan Louis
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX45206 Private Alan Louis Singleton, 2/3 Company Australian Army Service Corps, January 1941 - February 1942. In this diary, Singleton documents his...AWM2019.22.8
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Diary of Garth Edward Sommerville Clabburn, 1942-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Clabburn, Garth Edward Sommerville
Diary relating to the Second World War service of 205745 Flight Lieutenant Garth Edward Sommerville Clabburn, No. 3 Squadron. In his diary entries, dated between 11 March 1942 and 3 June 1943, Clabbu...AWM2019.22.277
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Diary of George William Edward Clark, January 1941 - September 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Clark, George William Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. In the second of five diaries, ...AWM2019.22.82
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Diary of Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Collection relating to the Second World War, British Commonwealth Occupation Force [BCOF], and Korean War service of VX5354, 3/45087 and 31997 Warrant Officer Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1938-1964. Wallet ...AWM2019.22.61
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Diary Transcript of Alan Louis Singleton, 1941-1942; [c. 2006]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Singleton, Alan Louis
Diary transcript relating to the Second World War service of NX45206 Private Alan Louis Singleton, 2/3 Company Australian Army Service Corps, January 1941 - February 1942; [c. 2006]. This diary trans...AWM2019.22.9
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Private O Z Neall, 2/8 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo VI). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31703.001
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Distinguished Service Medal: Able Seaman Noel Jack Johnston, Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/05192.001
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Distinguished Service Order and bar: Brigadier G F Wootten, 11 Infantry Brigade and 18 Infantry Brigade
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Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order with Bar (Geo V & VI). Unnamed as issued.REL23847.004
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Distinguished Service Order and bar : Brigadier W J V Windeyer, HQ 20 Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order and Bar, un-named as issued.REL38997.004
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“Doc” Jones, one of the crew of a Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade near Tobruk, ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
“Doc” Jones, one of the crew of a Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade near Tobruk, looking along the sights of his Bren Gun.020728
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During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send home. Here VX29542 Private Keith Patrick Murphy, of Corryong, Victoria, is polishing the base of a she...020911
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During the siege of Tobruk, hospitals did not escape enemy bombs. This is Ward 11 of the 2/4th ...
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Maker: Riley, Charles Lawrence
During the siege of Tobruk, hospitals did not escape enemy bombs. This is Ward 11 of the 2/4th Australian General Hospital after a high level bombing attack.021233
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Dust and smoke rose high when a “DUD” 1,000 lb German aerial bomb was destroyed by engineers in ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Dust and smoke rose high when a “DUD” 1,000 lb German aerial bomb was destroyed by engineers in Tobruk.020397
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Dust begrimed crew of a Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade near Tobruk. From the ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Dust begrimed crew of a Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade near Tobruk. From the left: VX43094 Private (Pte) Bruce Richard Stephens of Brighton, Victoria; WX1702 Pte Rex Newcastle Thomsett...020727
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D. WEST, A SIGHT SETTER AND GUN TESTER WHO RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN TOBRUK, ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
D. WEST, A SIGHT SETTER AND GUN TESTER WHO RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN TOBRUK, WORKS AT A PLANT WHICH MASS PRODUCES THE OWEN GUN. HE IS HERE ADJUSTING REAR SIGHTS. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOT...012299
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El Adem, Libya. c. 1941-01-20. Soldiers, probably of 2/2nd Battalion, listening to a wireless ...
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El Adem, Libya. c. 1941-01-20. Soldiers, probably of 2/2nd Battalion, listening to a wireless while dug in in the back lines during the early stages of the assault on Tobruk. (Original housed in AWM A...P02038.097
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01-20. Soldiers possibly from 2/2nd Battalion inspect the remains of a ...
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01-20. Soldiers possibly from 2/2nd Battalion inspect the remains of a destroyed Hawker Hurricane aircraft after the capture of Tobruk. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)P02038.094
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01. Staff in the entrance to a well camouflaged Main Dressing Station dug in ...
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01. Staff in the entrance to a well camouflaged Main Dressing Station dug in below the escarpment, prior to the capture of Tobruk. The medical staff were possibly attached to 2/2n...P02038.096
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01-20. Staff outside a mobile dressing station, possibly of 2/2nd Battalion, ...
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El Adem, Libya. 1941-01-20. Staff outside a mobile dressing station, possibly of 2/2nd Battalion, before the capture of Tobruk. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)P02038.095
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EL ALAMEIN, LIBYA. 1948-04-30. AN AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE ...
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EL ALAMEIN, LIBYA. 1948-04-30. AN AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER OF TOBRUK GARRISON IN 1941 WITH DELEGATIONS FROM NEW ZEALAND...041458
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ENEMY BOMBS FALL HARMLESSLY INTO THE WATER AS THE AUSTRALIANS SEND UP A SMOKE SCREEN OVER TOBRUK ...
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Maker: Silk, George Silk, George
ENEMY BOMBS FALL HARMLESSLY INTO THE WATER AS THE AUSTRALIANS SEND UP A SMOKE SCREEN OVER TOBRUK HARBOUR. IT HAS BEEN LEARNED FROM ENEMY PRISONERS THAT ALMOST EVERY PLANE TAKING PART IN RAIDS ON TOBRU...009500
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ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Silk, George
ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMERSETSHIRE" IN TOBRUK HARBOUR. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).011015
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ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Silk, George
ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMERSETSHIRE" IN TOBRUK HARBOUR. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).011020
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ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Silk, George
ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMERSETSHIRE" IN TOBRUK HARBOUR. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).011021
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ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Silk, George
ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMERSETSHIRE" IN TOBRUK HARBOUR. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).011016
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ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Silk, George
ENEMY TROOPS WOUNDED IN THE 8TH ARMY'S BREAKTHROUGH, IN A SHIP'S LIFEBOAT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMERSETSHIRE" IN TOBRUK HARBOUR. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).011017
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Engineers of the 2/7th Field Company are shown here constructing an aircraft hangar in a shallow ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Engineers of the 2/7th Field Company are shown here constructing an aircraft hangar in a shallow wadi near El Gubbi aerodrome, Tobruk. In the background sandbags can be seen against another hangar co...020474
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Engineers of the 2/7th Field Company at work on the steel tubular scaffolding of a hangar near El ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Engineers of the 2/7th Field Company at work on the steel tubular scaffolding of a hangar near El Gubbi aerodrome, Tobruk.020477
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Engineers operating the water distillery plant at Tobruk.
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Engineers operating the water distillery plant at Tobruk.020598
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England, 1943. Portrait of Flight Sergeant R.C. Dunstan RAAF. Robert Dunstan joined the Second ...
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England, 1943. Portrait of Flight Sergeant R.C. Dunstan RAAF. Robert Dunstan joined the Second AIF in 1940 and served as a Sapper in the 2/8th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, until he was w...P02286.001
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Entrance to the “Senussi Hospital”. This was a concrete cave constructed in a wadi on the ...
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Maker: Howard, Frederick James
Entrance to the “Senussi Hospital”. This was a concrete cave constructed in a wadi on the eastern side of Tobruk harbour. Italians had concreted the roof when Australians captured the area. British...020202
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Ern O’Brien of Mackay, Queensland, manning a bren gun through a slit in a concrete post looking ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Ern O’Brien of Mackay, Queensland, manning a bren gun through a slit in a concrete post looking out to sea. He is a member of the 9th Division Army Service Corps which was employed as infantrymen on ...020696
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EVELYN OWEN (RIGHT) 27-YEAR-OLD INVENTOR OF THE OWEN GUN, DISCUSSES FEATURE OF HIS INVENTION WITH ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
EVELYN OWEN (RIGHT) 27-YEAR-OLD INVENTOR OF THE OWEN GUN, DISCUSSES FEATURE OF HIS INVENTION WITH MR D. WEST, A SIGHT SETTER AND GUN TESTER WHO RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN TOBRUK. W...012281
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Even in the front line Australian soldiers shave every day, if possible, and this member of the ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Even in the front line Australian soldiers shave every day, if possible, and this member of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion is no exception.020494
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Everything including water was rationed in Tobruk. VX41582 Corporal Vernon Jack washes a pair of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Everything including water was rationed in Tobruk. VX41582 Corporal Vernon Jack washes a pair of socks in a small biscuit tin.020614
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Everything including water was rationed in Tobruk. VX41582 Corporal Vernon Jack washes a pair of ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Everything including water was rationed in Tobruk. VX41582 Corporal Vernon Jack washes a pair of socks in a small biscuit tin.020613
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Excavations being made by 9th Division Engineers for underground aircraft hangars in Tobruk.
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Excavations being made by 9th Division Engineers for underground aircraft hangars in Tobruk.020668
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Exterior view of the truck on which the powerful mobile wireless sets described at 020298 was ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Exterior view of the truck on which the powerful mobile wireless sets described at 020298 was transported. This facility was used to communicate between Tobruk, Cairo and DESFORCE and in this scene w...020310
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Fast minelayer, HMS Latona, in Alexandria harbour, participated in the evacuation of Australian ...
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Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Fast minelayer, HMS Latona, in Alexandria harbour, participated in the evacuation of Australian troops from Tobruk.020452
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Father and son, Captain George Herbert Somerville Cundy MC, and 402732 Flight Lieutenant William ...
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Father and son, Captain George Herbert Somerville Cundy MC, and 402732 Flight Lieutenant William Ronald Cundy (later DFC DFM). Captain Cundy received the MC for gallantry during the First World War, w...P00523.003
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Field Ambulance Stations were mostly underground. This photograph was taken outside one of the ...
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Maker: Howard, Frederick James
Field Ambulance Stations were mostly underground. This photograph was taken outside one of the stations on the Tobruk waterfront. From here patients for evacuation to hospital were conveyed to the w...020220
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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-27. NX14338 WARRANT OFFICER 2 J. H. PEARCE OF HEADQUARTERS ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-27. NX14338 WARRANT OFFICER 2 J. H. PEARCE OF HEADQUARTERS 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WHO WAS TWICE MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, FIRSTLY IN THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN ...058992
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Fort Pilastrino and since
Art
Maker: James, Louis
'Fort Palastrino and since' was painted in 1974, twenty-nine years after the Second World War. It is a considered reflection of the artist's wartime experience, and its impact on his post-war life. It...ART91199
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Four draughtsmen who were attached to the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Four draughtsmen who were attached to the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk.021206
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Four officersof the 9th Australian Division Engineers. From left to right: SX1462 Captain ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Four officersof the 9th Australian Division Engineers. From left to right: SX1462 Captain (Capt) Kenneth Harold Heard; Major H. B Burn; 335 (VX250) Colonel Jack Mann and Capt J. W. Smith (possibly...020340
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From a machine gun post WX31 Captain Edward Pardoe Brandwood of the 9th Division Army Service ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
From a machine gun post WX31 Captain Edward Pardoe Brandwood of the 9th Division Army Service Corps is seen making a study of enemy positions.020697
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From behind barbed wire these Australian soldiers of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion are ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
From behind barbed wire these Australian soldiers of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion are looking out towards “No Man’s Land”. The dreary desert country in this photograph is typical of the a...020078
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From the ruins of a bombed building in Tobruk VX46163 Warrant Officer Class 1 Ronald Keith Monro, ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
From the ruins of a bombed building in Tobruk VX46163 Warrant Officer Class 1 Ronald Keith Monro, of the Military History and Information Section, takes a “shot” with his cine camera.020632
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From the window of an ambulance on the Alexandria wharf, this Australian soldier, evacuated from ...
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Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas
From the window of an ambulance on the Alexandria wharf, this Australian soldier, evacuated from Tobruk, watches further troops arriving.020472
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From this lofty observation post Lieutenant A. A. P. Carr and Sergeant D. T. Lamb, Observers of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
From this lofty observation post Lieutenant A. A. P. Carr and Sergeant D. T. Lamb, Observers of the 107th Regiment, Royal horse Artillery, watched enemy moves.020383
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From this lofty observation post Lieutenant A. A. P. Carr and Sergeant D. T. Lamb, Observers of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
From this lofty observation post Lieutenant A. A. P. Carr and Sergeant D. T. Lamb, Observers of the 107th Regiment, Royal horse Artillery, watched enemy moves.020384
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE ...
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE DINNER HELD ON 1942-10-05, BY 150 DIGGERS WITH 1000 DAYS OVERSEAS SERVICE AT THE GAZA CLUB TO CELEBRATE THE ...025072
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GAZA. 1942-12-22. THE PARADE OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT GAZA AIRPORT DURING THE INSPECTION ...
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GAZA. 1942-12-22. THE PARADE OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT GAZA AIRPORT DURING THE INSPECTION BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST, GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER. AFTER THE INSPECTION GENERAL ALE...135864
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GENERAL SIKORSKI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT, AND C. IN C. POLISH ARMY, VISITED ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
GENERAL SIKORSKI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT, AND C. IN C. POLISH ARMY, VISITED TOBRUK TO INSPECT THE POLISH TROOPS STATIONED THERE, AND TO DECORATE A NUMBER OF HIS MEN WHO HAVE DISTINGUI...010611
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GENERAL SIKORSKI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT, AND C. IN C. POLISH ARMY, VISITED ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
GENERAL SIKORSKI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT, AND C. IN C. POLISH ARMY, VISITED TOBRUK TO INSPECT THE POLISH TROOPS STATIONED THERE, AND TO DECORATE A NUMBER OF HIS MEN WHO HAVE DISTINGUI...010612
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General view of the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, Tobruk. Switchboards ...
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Maker: Veron, Donald Norwood
General view of the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, Tobruk. Switchboards can be seen in the foreground and Fullerphone operators in the background.020869
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General view of the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, Tobruk. Switchboards ...
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Maker: Veron, Donald Norwood
General view of the Signals Office, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, Tobruk. Switchboards can be seen in the foreground and Fullerphone operators in the background.020870
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GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS HAVE MADE FREQUENT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SMASH THE PORT OF TOBRUK. THIS ...
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Maker: Silk, George
GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS HAVE MADE FREQUENT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SMASH THE PORT OF TOBRUK. THIS PICTURE SHOWS BOMBS BURSTING ON THE FORESHORE. SMOKE SCREENS AND ACCURATE ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE GENERALLY PR...009494/06
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GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS HAVE MADE FREQUENT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SMASH THE PORT OF TOBRUK. THIS ...
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Maker: Silk, George Silk, George
GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS HAVE MADE FREQUENT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO SMASH THE PORT OF TOBRUK. THIS PICTURE SHOWS BOMBS BURSTING ON THE FORESHORE. SMOKE SCREENS AND ACCURATE ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE GENERALLY PR...009494/03
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German Model SLd Signal Pistol : German Air Force
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German Model SLd double barrelled signal pistol. Frame stamped Fl 24483 and has a makers mark GBW on a triangle. It has a brass lever at the rear to select the left or right barrel and there is a safe...RELAWM20212.002
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GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA. 1941-12. FATHER LORENZO GAGGINO, SEEN HERE WITH LOCAL VILLAGERS, WAS ...
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GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA. 1941-12. FATHER LORENZO GAGGINO, SEEN HERE WITH LOCAL VILLAGERS, WAS FORMERLY A PRIEST IN TOBRUK. HE WAS EVACUATED FROM THERE WHEN IT WAS TAKEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIRST L...022568
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GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA. 1941-12. FATHER LORENZO GAGGINO, SEEN HERE WITH LOCAL VILLAGERS, WAS ...
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GIOVANNI BERTA, LIBYA. 1941-12. FATHER LORENZO GAGGINO, SEEN HERE WITH LOCAL VILLAGERS, WAS FORMERLY A PRIEST IN TOBRUK. HE WAS EVACUATED FROM THERE WHEN IT WAS TAKEN BY THE AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIRST L...022569
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Grave of NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst (Jack) Edmondson VC, 2/17th Battalion. Edmondson ...
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Maker: Unknown
Grave of NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst (Jack) Edmondson VC, 2/17th Battalion. Edmondson enlisted on 20 May 1940 at Paddington, NSW, and with prior militia service with the 4th Battalion, he was qu...P05798.001
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GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF NURSING STAFF AND PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF NURSING STAFF AND PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ABOARD THE SHIP MAURETANIA BEFORE ITS DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE, BOUND FOR TOBRUK. FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PERS...004493
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GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF NURSING STAFF AND PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF NURSING STAFF AND PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ABOARD THE SHIP MAURETANIA BEFORE ITS DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE, BOUND FOR TOBRUK. THE PERSONNEL FROM THE LEF...004498
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Group portrait of Field Security personnel of the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of Field Security personnel of the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk.021200
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Group portrait of Field Security personnel of the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk..
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of Field Security personnel of the 9th Australian Division in Tobruk..021209
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Group portrait of four sergeants of the 9th Australian Division Signals in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of four sergeants of the 9th Australian Division Signals in Tobruk.021201
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Group portrait of four sergeants of the 9th Australian Division Signals in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of four sergeants of the 9th Australian Division Signals in Tobruk.021202
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Group portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead (centre), Commander of Fortress Tobruk, ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Group portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead (centre), Commander of Fortress Tobruk, shortly before his departure, with high ranking Polish officers. The polish Commander, General Kopans...021140
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Group portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead (second from left), Commander of ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Group portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead (second from left), Commander of Fortress Tobruk, shortly before his departure, with high ranking Polish officers. The polish Commander, Gene...021141
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Group portrait of officers of the 2/24th Infantry Battalion, 9th division. Identified from the ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Group portrait of officers of the 2/24th Infantry Battalion, 9th division. Identified from the left to right, back row: WX18429 Padre Francis John Honner (16); VX48826 Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Percival ...021010
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Group portrait of officers of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. Identified personnel, from ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Group portrait of officers of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion, Tobruk. Identified personnel, from left to right, are: Back row: SX10330 Lt Donald Glen Kimber; SX10308 Lieutenant (Lt) Richard Ward Le...021064
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Group portrait of Senior NCOs at the 4th Australian General Hospital. Identified, left to right, ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Group portrait of Senior NCOs at the 4th Australian General Hospital. Identified, left to right, back row: Sergeant (Sgt) J Best; Sgt G Morris; Sgt R Daw; Sgt M Humphries; 24219 (VX16397) Sgt Francis ...020362
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Group portrait of the Cipher Staff attached to the 9th Australian Division Headquarters in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of the Cipher Staff attached to the 9th Australian Division Headquarters in Tobruk.021205
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Group portrait of the Cipher Staff attached to the 9th Australian Division Headquarters in Tobruk.
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Maker: Oates, John Richard
Group portrait of the Cipher Staff attached to the 9th Australian Division Headquarters in Tobruk.021204
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Guards patrolling the Tobruk waterfront in search of mines dropped by enemy planes. His photo ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Guards patrolling the Tobruk waterfront in search of mines dropped by enemy planes. His photo was taken from behind a tangled twist of wires and broken masonry.020794
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Guards patrolling the Tobruk waterfront in search of mines dropped by enemy planes. His photo ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Guards patrolling the Tobruk waterfront in search of mines dropped by enemy planes. His photo was taken from behind a tangled twist of wires and broken masonry.020795
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Gunners of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, cleaning a gun on ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Gunners of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, cleaning a gun on board the half-submerged HMS Ladybird, which was sunk by enemy bombs in Tobruk Harbour.020574
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Gunners of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, cleaning a gun on ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Gunners of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, cleaning a gun on board the half-submerged HMS Ladybird, which was sunk by enemy bombs in Tobruk Harbour.020575