WESTERN DESERT - THE MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN THE DESERT....WATER. EVERY OPPORTUNITY MUST BE ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert
Accession Number 004452
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)
Date made 10 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WESTERN DESERT - THE MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN THE DESERT....WATER. EVERY OPPORTUNITY MUST BE TAKEN TO REPLENISH SUPPLIES & THESE ITALIAN PRISONERS, ALTHOUGH THEIR WORRIES ARE OVER, ARE TAKING NO CHANCES OF RUNNING DRY DURING TIME OF WAITING TO BE SENT TO SOME COMFORTABLE PRISON CAMP. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).