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NX70393 Lieutenant John Stanley Cumpston, standing outside the entrance to the Headquarters of ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
NX70393 Lieutenant John Stanley Cumpston, standing outside the entrance to the Headquarters of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in Tobruk.020118
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An anti-tank ditch in the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion area, near Tobruk, to the east of ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
An anti-tank ditch in the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion area, near Tobruk, to the east of the El Adem Road. QX6167 Lieutenant William Spencer Beaney, Signals Officer, 9th Australian Division, ...020094
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Italian prisoners, captured by the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, moving along the Acroma ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Italian prisoners, captured by the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, moving along the Acroma Road between Hill 60 and Macchia Bianca. Included in this column are members of a force which attacked...020072
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SX8509 Private Archibald Lawrence “Shorty” Boyes, of Port Adelaide, South Australia, hanging out ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
SX8509 Private Archibald Lawrence “Shorty” Boyes, of Port Adelaide, South Australia, hanging out some of the washing done by the “Laundry Detail” of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in Tobruk.020662
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Portrait of SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, Acting Commanding Officer of the 2/48th Infantry ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Portrait of SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, Acting Commanding Officer of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion in Tobruk.021063
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Headquarters, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade in Wadi ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Headquarters, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade in Wadi Giaida.020111
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Men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion hanging out the Unit’s washing on the laundry ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion hanging out the Unit’s washing on the laundry lines in a quiet wadi in Tobruk.020660
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Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in Tobruk to do washing in bulk.020658
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Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in Tobruk to do washing in bulk. In this picture clothes are being boiled in “...020657
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Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Washing day problems were solved by the appointment of men from each company of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in Tobruk to do washing in bulk.020659
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SX8245 Private Ralph Thomas Adams, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, in an Italian concrete ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
SX8245 Private Ralph Thomas Adams, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, in an Italian concrete post near Tobruk in the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area.020146
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SX10192 Captain Donald Campbell Dawkins, Medical Officer, and NX70328 Padre Berkeley Charles ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
SX10192 Captain Donald Campbell Dawkins, Medical Officer, and NX70328 Padre Berkeley Charles Archbold, photographed near Tobruk outside the 69th Regimental Aid Post, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battali...020154
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SX4650 Private Clifford Charles Thompson, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, in an Italian ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
SX4650 Private Clifford Charles Thompson, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, in an Italian concrete post near Tobruk in the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area.020145
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Major G. T. Bull and Lieutenant Gee standing near the Headquarters of the 2/48th Australian ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Major G. T. Bull and Lieutenant Gee standing near the Headquarters of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion near Tobruk.020158
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Men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion hanging out the Unit’s washing on the laundry ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion hanging out the Unit’s washing on the laundry lines in a quiet wadi in Tobruk.020661
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Members of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion move up through stone obstacles, vainly ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
Members of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion move up through stone obstacles, vainly erected by the Italians on the Acroma Road in an effort to stop our tanks. These troops took over advanced ...020075
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Australian soldiers paying their respects at the graves of their companions killed in action ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Australian soldiers paying their respects at the graves of their companions killed in action during the campaign. The contemplative soldier in the foreground has been identified as SX9034 Private (lat...020990
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TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-04-24. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MANNING ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-04-24. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MANNING A DEFENSIVE POST, IN THE SALIENT NEAR THE SOUTH ACROMA ROAD. POST S2, A WATER TOWER, CAN BE SEEN IN THE...020073
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These rock sangars (temporary fortified positions) were built by the Italians to the west of the ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
These rock sangars (temporary fortified positions) were built by the Italians to the west of the prisoner of war cage and were found in the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion area. They are each ab...020085
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Representatives of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion receiving an issue of canteen supplies from the ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Representatives of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion receiving an issue of canteen supplies from the Army Canteen Services store. Even in the front line the weekly ration service was maintained.020294
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Representatives of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion receiving an issue of canteen supplies from the ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Representatives of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion receiving an issue of canteen supplies from the Army Canteen Services store. Even in the front line the weekly ration service was maintained.020293
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TOBRUK, 1941-04-30. A GERMAN DIVE BOMBING ATTACK ON THE 2/24TH BATTALION'S POSITIONS BEFORE AN ...
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TOBRUK, 1941-04-30. A GERMAN DIVE BOMBING ATTACK ON THE 2/24TH BATTALION'S POSITIONS BEFORE AN ENEMY ASSAULT ON 1941-04-30 - 05-01 AS SEEN FROM A CARRIER OF THE 2/48TH BATTALION. IN THE FOREGROUND IS ...128989
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NX396 Lieutenant Colonel William John Victor Windeyer, DSO. ED., holding a conference at ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
NX396 Lieutenant Colonel William John Victor Windeyer, DSO. ED., holding a conference at Headquarters, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion. Also seen is: NX40512 Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Scott.020117
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SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, (later died of wounds ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, (later died of wounds at Lae, Papua New Guinea, 23 November 1943) photographed on an inspection tour of the Australian Infant...020134
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VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, CBE, DSO, ED, Commanding 26th Australian Infantry ...
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Maker: Cumpston, John S
VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, CBE, DSO, ED, Commanding 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, and party, including NX396 Lieutenant Colonel William John Victor Windeyer DSO, ED, Commanding 2/48t...020138
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Portrait of a group of officers of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion at Tobruk. Identified members, ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Portrait of a group of officers of the 2/48th Infantry Battalion at Tobruk. Identified members, from left to right, are: SX10315 Captain (Capt) Aubrey Vernon Clutterbuck, SX2891 Capt Geoffrey Malco...021062
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Men of the 9th Division disembarking at a Middle East port. They had just been evacuated from ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Men of the 9th Division disembarking at a Middle East port. They had just been evacuated from Tobruk by units of the Royal Navy . Identified is SX7613 Private Jack Eunson Champion, 2/48th Battalion of...021156
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Tobruk area. 1941-04. A soldier from the 2/48th Battalion leading across the sand past the ...
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Tobruk area. 1941-04. A soldier from the 2/48th Battalion leading across the sand past the Battalion's headquarters a group of seventy Italian prisoners captured by his unit. (Donor A. Tovell)P02242.018
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Australian soldiers in a cemetery in Tobruk. In the foreground is the grave of SX7686 Lieutenant ...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian soldiers in a cemetery in Tobruk. In the foreground is the grave of SX7686 Lieutenant (Lt) William Claude Jenkins, 14 Platoon, Commander of C Company, 2/48th Battalion, of Port Pirie, SA. A...P05525.005
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Photograph of 2/48 Drum Corps Tobruk in Libya 1941
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Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of members of 2/48 Battalion Drum Corps. This image relates to the service of VX531126 Private Ernest William Francis Craker, 2/48 Battalion.P08181.001
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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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Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant (Lt) W. L. Grott (Polish Cavalry Liaison Officer); SX9990 Lt Hurtle Cummins Morphett; VX1641 Captain (C...020754
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A group of Chaplains at Headquarters, 9th Division, Tobruk. From left to right: Front row: ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A group of Chaplains at Headquarters, 9th Division, Tobruk. From left to right: Front row: Chaplain W.G. Mills, 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (UK); QX6078 Chaplain William Paul Hohenhouse, Headquarters,...020739
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A group of Chaplains at Headquarters, 9th Division, Tobruk. From left to right: Front row: ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A group of Chaplains at Headquarters, 9th Division, Tobruk. From left to right: Front row: Chaplain W.G. Mills, 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (UK); QX6078 Chaplain William Paul Hohenhouse, Headquarters,...020740
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Harry Johns standing next to the grave of his friend, SX7616 Private (Pte) Robert Maxwell (Bob) ...
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Maker: Unknown
Harry Johns standing next to the grave of his friend, SX7616 Private (Pte) Robert Maxwell (Bob) Aitken, C Company, 2/48th Battalion, at Tobruk. Pte Aitken, of Glassop, SA, enlisted in Adelaide, SA, on...P05525.001
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SERGEANT J.K. WESTON, D.C.M., 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE RIBBON OF THE ...
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Maker: Smith, E E
SERGEANT J.K. WESTON, D.C.M., 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RECEIVING THE RIBBON OF THE MILITARY MEDAL FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL- OFFICER- COMMANDING A.I.F. (M.E.), ...024963
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Members of the 2/48th Battalion, 9th Australian Division, with a pet dog, after evacuation from ...
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Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Members of the 2/48th Battalion, 9th Australian Division, with a pet dog, after evacuation from Tobruk on the ship Kingston. Identified left to right: (believed to be) SX8281 Private Jack Colin Curtis...021160
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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEING ...
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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CONGRATULATED BY HIS COMMANDING OFFICER ON HIS IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. ANOTHE...024750
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Studio portrait of SX7315 Private (Pte) Allan Glanville Porter, 2/48th Battalion, of Kent Town, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX7315 Private (Pte) Allan Glanville Porter, 2/48th Battalion, of Kent Town, SA. Pte Porter enlisted on 1 July 1940 and trained at Woodside, SA, before embarking for the Middle Eas...P07492.001
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Adelaide, SA. c. 1940. A studio portrait of SX7605 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard William Charles Batty ...
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Maker: Thomas, M
Adelaide, SA. c. 1940. A studio portrait of SX7605 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard William Charles Batty DCM, 2/48 Battalion (2/48Bn). Sgt Batty, the Bren Gun Carrier Section Commander, was wounded in action a...P02688.002
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Near Tobruk, Libya. 20 April 1941. An informal group of members of the Bren Gun Carrier Section, ...
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Near Tobruk, Libya. 20 April 1941. An informal group of members of the Bren Gun Carrier Section, 2/48th Battalion, leaning against a universal carrier (Bren Gun carrier) two days before the raid on Ca...P02688.001
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BARRACA AREA, LIBYA, 1941-04-04. THE VALLEY IN WHICH THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE ...
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BARRACA AREA, LIBYA, 1941-04-04. THE VALLEY IN WHICH THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS IS SITUATED. AN INTELLIGENCE TRUCK CAN BE SEEN IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND. THE ROAD TO BARCE IS SEEN...042469
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Studio portrait of SX7979 Lance Sergeant (L/Sgt) Lindsay Reginald Evans, 2/48 Battalion, of ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX7979 Lance Sergeant (L/Sgt) Lindsay Reginald Evans, 2/48 Battalion, of Keyneton, SA. A grazier prior to enlisting on 5 July 1940, L/Sgt Evans served at Tobruk, Libya, and El Ala...P08647.001
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Informal portrait of WX9830 Private (Pte) Bejamin David Parry of Cannington, WA . Pte Parry ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of WX9830 Private (Pte) Bejamin David Parry of Cannington, WA . Pte Parry enlisted on 6 December 1940 and served with 2/48 Battalion: Australia's most decorated unit of the Second W...P07294.001
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Studio portrait of SX7316 Private (Pte) Walter Carl Mitchell, of Gilberton, SA. Enlisting in the ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX7316 Private (Pte) Walter Carl Mitchell, of Gilberton, SA. Enlisting in the Second AIF in July 1940, Pte Mitchell served in the Middle East campaign with the 2/48 Battalion. He wa...P07449.001
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Studio portrait of SX7314 Private (Pte) Viner Laurence Phillips, 9 Platoon, A Company, 2/48 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX7314 Private (Pte) Viner Laurence Phillips, 9 Platoon, A Company, 2/48 Battalion, of Adelaide, SA. Phillips enlisted in Adelaide on 1 July 1940 and served in the Middle East at T...P09366.010
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Studio portrait of WX32775 Private (Pte), later Corporal, Richard Sextus Daly Winter, 2/48 ...
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Maker: Norton-Trevaire Studios
Studio portrait of WX32775 Private (Pte), later Corporal, Richard Sextus Daly Winter, 2/48 Battalion of Belmont, WA; who was born in Ceylon. Pte Winter enlisted in December 1940. After service in t...P08499.002
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Outdoor group portrait of, left to right: SX7093 Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Badman; SX7313 Warrant ...
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Maker: Phillips, Viner Laurence
Outdoor group portrait of, left to right: SX7093 Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Badman; SX7313 Warrant Officer (WO) Charles Bruce Rule and SX9529 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Alfred 'Rowdy' Lear, all of 2/48 Battal...P10599.001
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SX10258 Captain James Downing Potter, B Company 2/48 Battalion. Born in 1909 at Riverton, South ...
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Maker: Studio Roy
SX10258 Captain James Downing Potter, B Company 2/48 Battalion. Born in 1909 at Riverton, South Australia (SA), Potter was a member of the Citizens' Military Force from 1929 before transferring to the...P07947.001
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Studio portrait of SX10333 Lieutenant Robert Ernest Alexander who was a 24 year old master tailor ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX10333 Lieutenant Robert Ernest Alexander who was a 24 year old master tailor from Glenelg, South Australia when he joined the Army on 21 May 1940. After embarking for overseas wit...P07159.188