TOBRUK - "IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE COME HERE TO CAPTURE THIS DESOLATE LAND BUT YOU HAVE PLAYED A ...

Accession Number 005858
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk, North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
Date made c February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

TOBRUK - "IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE COME HERE TO CAPTURE THIS DESOLATE LAND BUT YOU HAVE PLAYED A GLORIOUS PART IN HELPING TO SMASH THE ITALIAN EMPIRE" - SAID MR. MENZIES DURING AN ADDRESS TO THESE MEN OF THE 1ST ANTI TANK COY. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).

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