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Admiralty House, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Originally the Headquarters of the Italian Regia Marina, now British Naval Headquarters. Building was damaged by bombing, causing the collapse of the western wing. The red flag is a warning to town an...ART21741
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Back of a truck, moving up
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts several troops lying in the back of a truck in Libya.ART21890
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Bardia (action leading to the fall of Post 11)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX3511 Sergeant H B S 'Jo' Gullett, VX3495 V N Maloney, VX3497 Private H F Brockley, QX3118 Private F C Damm, all of 2/6th Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and Italian soldiers. The first major camp...ART27576
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Battle equipment, Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an Australian soldier standing with rifle, head slightly lowered.ART22875
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Benghazi
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The westernmost place of any size captured by the 6th Australian Division in it's advance through the Western Desert, and 360 miles from Australia's first battlefield of the campaign at Bardin.ART22202
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Blown bridge, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Central Square, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Buildings in the main square in Tobruk soon after Allied troops had taken the town; on the left is a church. The colours are the dry reds of the desert sand.ART22865
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Crashed plane, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the wreckage resulting from a crash of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, flown by the Royal Air Force during the North Africa campaign, into a building at Tobruk, Libya. Aircraft and building are a...ART22201
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Flares over the docks, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The destroyers night visit over, men of Docks Operating Unit proceed to remove the precious supplies from the destroyer berths and quais to dumps outside the town. Time is important for in the light o...ART27549
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In a section post, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of soldiers in Section Post during air attack (blitz), North African.ART21883
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
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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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Italian prisoners
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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, Libya
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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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On the road to Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers of the 6th Australian Division in battledress, waiting for transport, Libya.ART28476
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicting a 25-pounder field gun in action near Sollum in the Western Desert, Egypt.ART26566
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force manning a 25 pounder gun in Sollum, Libya during the North African Campaign.ART28472
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Section of the Camp, El Gazala
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Maker: Norton, Frank
After living in flat country for weeks, to camp on the edge of a big wadi (creek) was a welcome change. The wadi runs roughly West by North-west joining the sea at Gazala Bay. The landing ground is to...ART26961
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Senussi and wrecked Ju 87 Stuka
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Maker: Dargie, William
A Senussi man with a donkey stands looking at a crashed German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. The code 'T6' visible on the rear fuselage of the wrecked Stuka is a specific Luftwaffe unit code, for Sturzkampfge...ART23893
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Servicing Rima II, Libya
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A typical Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, "Rima II" is flown by Pilot Officer L. Spence of No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. (The name "Rima" dates to the last war when a fighter aircraft of that na...ART26051