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Ack-ack, attached to railway train
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
An anti-aircraft gun mounted on a railway truck and attached to the trains taking troops and supplies from Alexandria to Mersa Matruh, Egypt.ART30287
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Baggott, Leo (Sergeant, b.1901 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Baggott, Leo Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX59998 Sergeant Leo Baggott, 9 Division Australian Army Supply Column and Australian Army Pay Corps, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia...PR06364
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Baker, Edgar Francis (Flight Sergeant, b.1917 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Edgar Francis Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403249 Flight Sergeant Edgar Francis Baker, No. 454 Squadron, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, and Crete...AWM2016.489.2
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Barker, Lewis Ernest Stephen (Brigadier, b.1895 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Barker, Lewis Ernest Stephen
Reminiscences and military records of Brigadier Barker covering his service 1910-1946. Also contains a poem and signatures from Mersa Matruh, as well as a prayer book believed to have once belonged to...PR84/323
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Coussens, Albert Charles (Leading Signaller, b.1916 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Coussens, Albert Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of R20584 Leading Signaller Albert Charles Coussens, HMAS Stuart, Royal Australian Navy, Mediterranean Sea, 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of ...PR04235
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Crago, Ralph Ames (Sergeant, b.1904 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Crago, Ralph Ames McQueen, Patsy
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32513 Sergeant Ralph Ames Crago, 2/101 General Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, and the Middle East, 1940-1943; ...PR04078
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Edwards, Clive Eric (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Clive Eric
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX3032 Lieutenant Clive Eric Edwards, 2/27 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, New Guinea, and Indonesia,...PR04113
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Francis, William C (Corporal, 1st Div Train, AIF b.1895)
Private Record
Maker: Francis, William C
COPY OF MEMOIRS RECOUNTING WAR SERVICE IN EGYPT, PARTICULARLY ENGAGEMENT IN THE SENUSSI TRIBAL UPRISING NEAR MERSA MATRUH, LATER SERVICE IN FRANCE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOLDIER SETTLER BLOCK NEAR...PR87/038
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Gorman, Francis J (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Gorman, Francis J
EXTRACTS FROM PERSONAL DIARY FOR 1941 COVERING SERVICE IN BARDIA, TOBRUK, MERSA MATRUH, AMARIYA, PIRAEUS AND CRETE. NEWSCUTTING RE GORMAN AND HIS DIARY.PR85/250
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Hawkey, Francis Henry (Sergeant, b.1911 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Hawkey, Francis Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30460 Sergeant Francis Henry Hawkey, Australian Army Pay Corps, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1941. Wa...PR05914
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Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel (Able Seaman b.1911 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel
Original diaries of Able Seaman Kebblewhite covering the first two years of his service on HMAS Vendetta. The diaries contain information on the work of the Vendetta during this time including the mil...PR00127
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Keshan, Malcolm William (Sergeant, b. 1919 - d.2014)
Private Record
Maker: Keshan, Dorothy Ann
Collection relation to the Second World War service of NX11067 Sergeant Malcolm "Mac" William Keshan, 2/4th Infantry Battalion, Germany, Libya, and Australia, 1940-1945. Collection consists of lette...PR06082
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Lieutenant General John Lavarack
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX20310 Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, General Commanding 7th Australian Division. Painted at Mersa Matruh and unfinished owing to troops movements at short notice, Eg...ART23616
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Long, Gavin Merrick (General Editor - Australia in the War of 1939-45, War Correspondent b.1901 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Gavin Merrick
Collection relating to Gavin Long, War Correspondent and General Editor of the 1939-1945 War Official History, 1937-1978. The collection consists of notebooks, diaries, correspondence and newscutting...PR88/072
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Long, Jeffrey Joseph (Staff Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Jeffrey Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26866 Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Joseph Long, 2/24 Field Park Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea, Palestine, Egypt and Libya, 1940-1...AWM2018.1023.1
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Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph (Major, b.1895 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...PR05571
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Raider, Mersa Matruh
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Raider, Mersa Matruh - German raider over Mersa Matruh at dawn. Steel-helmeted troops in a slit trench. White puffs of smoke indicate anti-aircraft fire'.ART30083
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Reddy, Michael George (Lance Sergeant, b.1919 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Reddy, Michael George Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX3730 Lance Sergeant Michael George Reddy, 1 Australian Signals Corps and 6 Division Signals, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, Gre...PR03396
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Tasker, Henry McKean (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1900 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Quong, Wong Tong Tasker, Henry McKean
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX47925 Lieutenant Colonel Henry McKean 'Harry' Tasker, 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion, 26 Infantry Training Battalion and British Borneo Civ...AWM2017.166.2
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The bathing beach, Mersa Matruh
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Lido Hotel near bathing beach. The artist writes, 'Troops bathing at Mersa Matruh. Their costumes are "birthday suits", the white "trunks" being the only portion unsunned. Intense colour of the wat...ART30064