OUTSIDE BARRANI - AFTER 5 DAYS OF CHASING THE ADVANCING BRITISH TROOPS ACROSS THE DESERT THE ...

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Accession Number 004438
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Sidi Barrani
Date made 14 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

OUTSIDE BARRANI - AFTER 5 DAYS OF CHASING THE ADVANCING BRITISH TROOPS ACROSS THE DESERT THE PHOTO UNIT START BACK TO CAIRO. DURING THESE DAYS THE UNIT WAS BOMBED EVERY NIGHT, SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY AND ESCAPED DISASTER BY A HUNDRED YDS ON 3 OCCASIONS. DRIVER IS PAMBO MORRISON OF SWAN HILL. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).