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Group portrait of the Cipher Staff attached to the 9th Australian Division Headquarters in Tobruk.
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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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Guinane, Thomas (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Guinane, Thomas
Partial draft of a speech relating to Tobruk, source and date unknown; letter from the Cooma RSL to Mr Guinane; hand drawn bookmark, not dated.PR83/039
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Gunners of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, cleaning a gun on ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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
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Guns and crew at the alert, a Bren carrier speeds out through the dust to engage an enemy party ...
Photograph
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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Hampton, Sgt John Patrick (2/9 Australian Division Salvage Unit, b.1904 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Hampton, John Patrick
Collection relating to Sgt John P Hampton who served with 9th Division Salvage Unit during World War 2. Collection consists of mixed papers dated 1940 to 1945 which include a discharge certificate, A...PR00759
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Hand painted sign from Tobruk "H.Q. R.A.E." : Sapper T G Black, 2/3 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Black, Thomas George
Enamelled steel sign with a white face and blue reverse, hand painted in black, brown and grey. A black band, edged with brown, and located approximately one third of the way down the horizontal sign,...RELAWM20147.003
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Hand painted sign from Tobruk "R.A.E. AT WORK" : Sapper T G Black, 2/3 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Black, Thomas George
Enamelled steel sign with a white face and blue reverse, hand painted in grey with cartoon images showing troops of the Royal Australian Engineers being pursued by enemy shells. A narrow border has be...RELAWM20147.002
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Hand painted sign from Tobruk with illustrated poem : Sapper T G Black, 2/3 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Black, Thomas George
Enamelled steel sign with a white face and blue reverse, hand painted in black with a poem and image of an Australian soldier seated on a box. In a cloud shaped 'vision' by the soldier's head is a col...RELAWM20147.004
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Harley Francis Brooks, as a corporal, 2/12th Battalion, interviewed by Michael Sprod for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Brooks, Harley Francis
Discusses army training; formation of 2/12th Battalion; composition of battalion; leisure; Tobruk campaign; casualties; New Guinea campaigns.S00533
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Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack)
Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alame...S00527
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Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant ...
Photograph
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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Headquarters Staff of the 107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Headquarters Staff of the 107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Tobruk.020375
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Headquarters, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade in Wadi ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Headquarters, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade in Wadi Giaida.020111
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Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, situated in a wadi immediately to the south of ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, situated in a wadi immediately to the south of the Derna Road. The tent in the foreground is the actual Headquarters. The Signals Office is immediatel...020098
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Heavy clouds of dust and smoke almost hide this 25-pounder of the107th Regiment, Royal Horse ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Heavy clouds of dust and smoke almost hide this 25-pounder of the107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, when fired from under heavy camouflage netting.020378
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Heavy clouds of dust and smoke almost hide this 25-pounder of the107th Regiment, Royal Horse ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Heavy clouds of dust and smoke almost hide this 25-pounder of the107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, when fired from under heavy camouflage netting.020377
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Hennessy, Harold Victor
Private Record
Maker: Hennessy, Harold Victor Hennessy, Harold Victor
Collection relating to NX36780 Corporal Harold Victor Hennessy, who served with the 2/13 Battalion during the Second World War. Collection includes 7 original handwritten letters dated 1941 & 1942, w...PR00303
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Hennessy, Harold V (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Hennessy, Harold V
SOLDIER'S PAY BOOK OF HENNESSYPR85/164
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Herd, Allan Charles (Sergeant, b. 1917 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Herd, Allan Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX25438 Sergeant Allan Charles Herd, 2/6 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1982. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one typed...PR01765
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Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock. Includes a transcription of the diary of Edmondson's mother Maude Elizab...MSS1871
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Hill 171 (Macchia Bianca) where the Acroma Road rises up to the escarpment leading to Hill 209.
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Hill 171 (Macchia Bianca) where the Acroma Road rises up to the escarpment leading to Hill 209.020131
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Hirst, Arthur (Private, b.1909 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Hirst, Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX35138 Private Arthur Hirst, 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion, Tobruk, Libya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one four-page letter from Pri...AWM2017.1055.1
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History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock.MSS1870
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Hit hard by bombers but, still enduring. Wreckage of buildings in Tobruk. The town and harbour ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Hit hard by bombers but, still enduring. Wreckage of buildings in Tobruk. The town and harbour are among one of the most bombed places in all theatres of war.020273
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HMAS Napier
Film
Maker: Reid, John Burdett
John Reid took this film in 1941 while serving as a Seaman ASDIC operator with HMAS Napier which was then part of the 7th Destroyer Flotilla British Mediterranean Fleet. On leave in Cairo showing the...F00421
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HMAS Parramatta - survivors' records
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the torpedoing and sinking of HMAS Parramatta in November 1941 off the coast of Tobruk, and the rescue of its crew by HMS Avonvale. The bulk of the collection comprises correspo...PR03300
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HMAS WATERHEN WAS ONE OF FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933. SHE ...
Photograph
HMAS WATERHEN WAS ONE OF FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933. SHE WAS SUNK ON 30TH JUNE 1941 WHILST TRANSPORTING TROOPS ON THE "TOBRUK FERRY".044789
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HMS DEFENDER SINKING OFF TOBRUK WATCHED BY MEN ON HMAS VENDETTA.
Photograph
HMS DEFENDER SINKING OFF TOBRUK WATCHED BY MEN ON HMAS VENDETTA.P00090.040
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HMS "Wolborough" on passage
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
After the sinking of H.M.S "Latona", the "Tobruk Run" was cancelled until the next moonless period. Having been forced back to Tobruk on this occasion, HMS "Wolborough"made a second attempt on the fol...ART21150
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Hohenhouse, William Paul (Chaplain)
Private Record
Maker: Hohenhouse, William Paul
Collection relating to Chaplain William Paul Hohenhouse, 9 Division, Second World War. Collection comprises six diaries written by Hohenhouse documenting his service as a chaplain, 1940-1941. The en...PR03492
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Hohenhouse, William Paul (Chaplain, MBE, MID, Aust Army Chaplain's Department (Aacd), AIF b.1894)
Private Record
Maker: Hohenhouse, William Paul
STATEMENT OF MILITARY SERVICE, PERSONAL SERVICE PAPERS, ORIGINAL SERMON DELIVERED TO THE 2/12TH BN PRIOR TO BATTLE AT EAGLE CORNER, TOBRUK, NEWSCLIPPING AND ORIGINAL SERMONS COVERING HIS MINISTRY IN T...PR85/370
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Housewife : Corporal J H Edmondson, VC, 2/17th Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leatherette housewife lined with cream flannelette which folds in to protect the contents. One end is folded in to form a pocket, which contains khaki darning wool and a Bakelite thimble. The ot...RELAWM31950.007
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Housewife : Sergeant N M Partridge, 2/11 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unbleached calico housewife with a rectangular pocket at one end, three open-ended storage compartments and a triangular end with a pair of cotton tape ties to secure the housewife and its contents in...REL/04641B
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"How Recordings were made and Despatched during the Libyan Campaign". Narrated by Lawrence H. Cecil and introduced by Chester Wilmot
Sound
Maker: Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester) ABC Field Unit Cecil, Lawrence H
Chester Wilmot introduces the segment describing how recordings are conducted in the field by the ABC: writing a script and then producing the recording in the desert. The unit's "CO", ABC producer La...S01999
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Hurley, Frank (Captain, Official Photographer)
Private Record
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Collection comprises of a copy of a section of the very detailed diary maintained by Frank Hurley while journeying to and engaged in work at Tobruk. The diary extract covers the period April to May 1...3DRL/3162
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Hurst, Philip John (Private, b: 1918)
Manuscript
Maker: Hurst, Philip John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5862 Private Philip John Hurst, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1995. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a bound typescript memoir titl...MSS1656
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"I BRING YOU A MESSAGE OF ADMIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM YOUR LOVED ONES BACK HOME IN OUR ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
"I BRING YOU A MESSAGE OF ADMIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM YOUR LOVED ONES BACK HOME IN OUR COUNTRY", MR ROBERT GORDON MENZIES TOLD MEMBERS OF THE A.I.F. SERVING IN THE WESTERN DESERT WHEN HE ADDRESS...005842
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Identity discs : Major General J J Murray
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
One octagonal and one circular mother of pearl identity disc, both privately made, linked with a small metal ring. Both discs are engraved on the obverse 'NX365 / RC / MURRAY JJ', and on the reverse s...REL42330
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Improvised fishing lines were used by these members of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Improvised fishing lines were used by these members of No 40 Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, who were operating from HMS Ladybird in Tobruk Harbour. The ship was partly s...020577
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Improvised pipe: unknown private, 2/48 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra...RELAWM20164
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In a section of the Tobruk salient, at Headquarters 2/23rd Battalion near the front line, three ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
In a section of the Tobruk salient, at Headquarters 2/23rd Battalion near the front line, three members are making toast over an open fire.020481
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In a section post, Tobruk
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of soldiers in Section Post during air attack (blitz), North African.ART21883
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3.7 Inch Anti-Aircraft guns being fired at night in Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
3.7 Inch Anti-Aircraft guns being fired at night in Tobruk.020906
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion setting out on a march to Cape Endaiadere in the Buna battle area. They arrived from Milne Bay by sea transport and marched 15 miles through swamp, river...ART21700
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Infantry Brigade
Private Record
16 Brigade patrol reports from Tobruk during January 1941, including maps and diagrams. Also two personal accounts about patrolling outside Tobruk by Frank Stanton and John Whittle, songwords `sands o...PR00603
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Informal group portrait of members of the 2/10th Battalion at the Regimental Aid Post at Fort ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
Informal group portrait of members of the 2/10th Battalion at the Regimental Aid Post at Fort Pilastrino, Libya. Identified from left to right are: SX1956 Private (Pte) Joseph Henry Roe from Birkenhea...009524
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Informal group portrait of officers of the destroyer HMAS Nestor on board HMS Javelin. HMAS ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of officers of the destroyer HMAS Nestor on board HMS Javelin. HMAS Nestor came under aerial attack whilst on convoy duty in the Mediterranean on 15 June 1942. Badly damaged in...306775
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Informal group portrait of personnel outside the NCO’s Mess at the 9th Australian Division’s ...
Photograph
Maker: Oates, John Richard
Informal group portrait of personnel outside the NCO’s Mess at the 9th Australian Division’s Advanced Headquarters in Tobruk.021203
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Informal group portrait of VX14840 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Allan Spowers, DSO, Commanding ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal group portrait of VX14840 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Allan Spowers, DSO, Commanding Officer of the 2/24th Infantry Battalion with his company commanders. Identified from left to right: VX488...021012
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Informal portrait in Tobruk of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, General Officer ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait in Tobruk of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, General Officer Commanding 9th Division with General Kopanski, General Officer Commanding Polish troops.021143
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Informal portrait in Tobruk of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, General Officer ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait in Tobruk of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, General Officer Commanding 9th Division with General Kopanski, General Officer Commanding Polish troops.021144
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Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Alfred (Pedlar) Palmer DSC, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Alfred (Pedlar) Palmer DSC, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of the Italian schooner, HMS Maria Giovanna. Lt Palmer sailed the schooner from Alexandria or Mersa Matruh ...020800
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Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Alfred (Pedlar) Palmer DSC, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Alfred (Pedlar) Palmer DSC, Royal Navy Reserve, captain of the Italian schooner, HMS Maria Giovanna. Lt Palmer sailed the schooner from Alexandria or Mersa Matruh ...020804
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Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, (at right) discussing defence plans with the new Commander of Tobruk Fortress, Major General Ronald Macke...021080
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Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, with the new Commander of Tobruk Fortress, Major General Ronald Mackenzie Scobie, British Army, shortly b...021078
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Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of NX8 Major General Leslie James Morshead, Commanding Officer 9th Division, with the new Commander of Tobruk Fortress, Major General Ronald Mackenzie Scobie, British Army, shortly b...021079
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Informal portrait of Private K E Bell, A Company, 2/17th Infantry Battalion who was aged 17 years ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of Private K E Bell, A Company, 2/17th Infantry Battalion who was aged 17 years when he was Mentioned in Despatches for bravery at Tobruk. During an offensive patrol he carried in hi...024225
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Informal portrait of VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, DSO (later awarded CBE and Bar to ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Informal portrait of VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, DSO (later awarded CBE and Bar to DSO) on the left, chatting with VX14840 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Allan Spowers, DSO, Commanding Offic...021013
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In one of the tunnels in Tobruk where the Mobile dressing Station was established, Australian ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
In one of the tunnels in Tobruk where the Mobile dressing Station was established, Australian soldiers are receiving treatment for foot ailments.021005
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In one of the tunnels in Tobruk where the Mobile dressing Station was established, Australian ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
In one of the tunnels in Tobruk where the Mobile dressing Station was established, Australian soldiers are receiving treatment for foot ailments.021004
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Inside the tent of Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade. Shown are: VX46983 Brigadier ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Inside the tent of Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade. Shown are: VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell DSO, ED, Brigade Commander (left); VX15648 Captain Edwin Peter Tivey (seated); ...020114
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Instrument mechanics at work in the underground workshops occupied by the 9th Division Signals, ...
Photograph
Maker: Veron, Donald Norwood
Instrument mechanics at work in the underground workshops occupied by the 9th Division Signals, Tobruk.020865
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Instrument mechanics at work in the underground workshops occupied by the 9th Division Signals, ...
Photograph
Maker: Veron, Donald Norwood
Instrument mechanics at work in the underground workshops occupied by the 9th Division Signals, Tobruk.020866
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Interview with Lieut-General Sir Thomas Daly
Film
Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
An interview with Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly produced by Army Training Command. Appointment as Adjutant of the 2/10 Battalion AIF. The type of training carried out at the formation of the batt...F04807
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IN THE OFFICE OF THE 'TOBRUK TRUTH' UNOFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE A.I.F. IN TOBRUK. IT IS ACTUALLY A ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
IN THE OFFICE OF THE 'TOBRUK TRUTH' UNOFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE A.I.F. IN TOBRUK. IT IS ACTUALLY A ONE SHEET NEWS SUMMARY ISSUED DAILY TO COUNTERACT THE NUMEROUS RUMOURS THAT SPRING UP LIKE MUSHROOMS EVER...007581
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In the Tobruk cemetery an unidentified soldier is cementing a border around the grave of a mate, ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
In the Tobruk cemetery an unidentified soldier is cementing a border around the grave of a mate, NX15689 Driver Leonard Frederick Driver who was killed in action on 22 June 1941 while serving with the...020989
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Involvement of the 2/24th Battalion Signals Platoon at Tobruk
Manuscript
Maker: Monotti, F R
"Tobruk - 30th April to 2nd May 1941, The 'May Show' or the 'Battle of the Salient': Involvement of the 2/24th Battalion Signals Platoon"MSS1753
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Italian Colonial Militia cap badge: Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian cap badge with the Lictor (a bundle of rods with the protruding axe blade, carried in ancient Rome by magistrates to demonstrate their power over life and death in the courts) superimposed by ...REL38263
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ITALIAN DESTROYER IN WHICH GERMAN TROOPS ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM TOBRUK LAYING A SMOKE SCREEN. ...
Photograph
ITALIAN DESTROYER IN WHICH GERMAN TROOPS ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM TOBRUK LAYING A SMOKE SCREEN. (CAPTURED FILM)P00090.056
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Italian 9 Divisional Artillery hat badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army hat badge with a flaming bomb above two crossed cannons. The number '9' is impressed in the centre of the bomb and is enamelled in black. Two pins have been soldered on the reverse for at...REL38262
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Italian fascist youth organisation (Gioventu Italiana Del'Littorio) badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian brass badge with a wolf's head facing right and the letters GIL (Gioventu Italiana Del'Littorio) placed vertically down the back of the wolf's neck. The badge is attached to a fragment of bl...REL38265
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(Italian Forces, Tobruk)
Private Record
Order of the Day register circulated at the Military and Naval Office - Tobruk, and later captured by Australian forces.PR84/374
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Italian 69 Infantry Regiment hat badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army hat badge showing crossed rifles and '69' within a rope circle surmounted by a Savoy crown.REL38261
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Italian 44 Motorised Artillery cap badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army hat badge two crossed cannons surmounted by a flaming cogged wheel. The number '44' is located within the wheel. Four bendable pins are soldered to the reverse. .REL38266
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Italian 44 Motorised Artillery cap badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army officer's gold embroidered hat badge showing two crossed cannons surmounted by a flaming spoked wheel. The number '44' in gilded brass is attached in the centre of the wheel. The remains ...REL38267
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Italian naval ensign taken from Tobruk: Corporal E S Grant, 2/4 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian naval ensign taken from Tobruk. The linen flag is an Italian tricolour printed in even vertical stripes of green, (nearest the hoist) white and red. In the central (white) stripe are printed t...REL32366
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Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard : Lance Bombardier C J Blinkhorn, 2/1 Field Regiment, RAA
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The solid brass half basket guard has an Italian crown over a fouled anchor as a cartouche badge and a fold down clip to attach to the scabbard on the...REL36475
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Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard: San Giorgio
Technology
Italian Naval Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The solid brass half basket guard has an Italian crown over a fouled anchor as a cartouche badge and a fold down clip to attach to the scabbard on the...REL/11636
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Italian prisoners
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Showing some of the thousands of Italians who surrendered to the 6th Australian Division at Tobruk, on their way back to the Prisoner-of-War cage. Over 25,000 prisoners were taken on the first day and...ART23700
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ITALIAN PRISONERS AT TOBRUK FILL THEIR WATER BOTTLES DURING THE DAILY ROUND OF THE WATER CART. ...
Photograph
Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
ITALIAN PRISONERS AT TOBRUK FILL THEIR WATER BOTTLES DURING THE DAILY ROUND OF THE WATER CART. (NEGATIVE BY A. ANDERSON).007584
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ITALIAN PRISONERS AT TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
ITALIAN PRISONERS AT TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).007582
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ITALIAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY PATROLS OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY AROUND TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY F. ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
ITALIAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY PATROLS OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY AROUND TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).007583
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Italian prisoners, captured by the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, moving along the Acroma ...
Photograph
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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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
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Italian prisoners of war at Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Italian prisoners of war at Tobruk.020746
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Italian 5 Regiment Bersaglieri cap badge : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army other ranks Bersaglieri hat badge. The badge shows a bursting bomb with the impressed number '5' in the centre in black enamel, superimposed on two crossed rifles and a horn. The body of ...REL38264
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Italian shoulder rank plate, field artillery : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army field artillery warrant officer's brass shoulder plate showing a bursting bomb above two crossed cannons. The plate has three lugs for attachment to the shoulder of the wearer's uniform.REL38268
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Italian shoulder rank plate, Signals : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Army warrant officer's brass shoulder plate showing a bursting bomb surmounting two crossed axes with lightning bolts in the background. The plate has three lugs for attachment to the shoulder...REL38269
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Italian Signal Pistol
Technology
Italian break action, single shot signal pistol. Frame stamped Mta PAT 1926, WHF over EAX with Italian proof marks and 18. The barrel is unlocked using the lever in front of the trigger guard. The gr...RELAWM20148.009
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ITALIAN TROOPS ON PARADE IN LIBYA. (DONOR E. CHARLES)
Photograph
ITALIAN TROOPS ON PARADE IN LIBYA. (DONOR E. CHARLES)P00628.007
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Italian Vetterli-Vitali Model 1870/87/15 Rifle : Italian Army
Technology
Italian Vetterli-Vitali Model 1870/87 bolt action rifle. Breech marked PP within an oval over TORRE ANNUNZIATA over 1889 and the serial number. The butt is also stamped with the serial number on the r...REL28592
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Italian Vetterli-Vitali Model 1870/87/15 Rifle : Italian Army
Technology
Maker: Brescia State Arsenal
Italian Vetterli-Vitali Model 1870/87/15 bolt action rifle. Breech stamped BRECIA within an oval over 1874 and the serial number. The butt has the number KV6425 crossed out on the right side with the ...REL28591
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Italy. C. 1944-04. Since Alamein more than 2,000 surgical operations have been carried out in the ...
Photograph
Italy. C. 1944-04. Since Alamein more than 2,000 surgical operations have been carried out in the well equipped little operating theatre of a RAF mobile field hospital attached to the Desert Air Force...SUK12089
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JACK GAMBLING AND CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE ...
Photograph
JACK GAMBLING AND CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.P00426.003
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James Findlay Crighton (Jim) Bruce, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy and Austria, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Bruce, James Findlay Crighton (Jim)
Discussing enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Tobruk; El Alamein Campaign; casualties; surrender to German Army; transfer to Italy and POW camp in Udine; transfer to Austria and Stalag 18A; othe...S00542
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Japanese Invasion Money Java 5 roepiah note: Corporal D E Osborne, 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion
Technology
Maker: Southern Development Bank
Japanese Invasion Money Java 5 roepiah note, series SM. The note is autographed on both sides by numerous Australian servicemen: SX1538 (S306757) Kenneth Alfred ALTSCHWAGER;VX105064 (V230042) Private ...RELC02777