TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-04-22. MANY SOLDIERS OF THE WESTERN DESERT FORCE TO BE CUT OFF BY THE GERMANS ...

TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941-04-22. MANY SOLDIERS OF THE WESTERN DESERT FORCE TO BE CUT OFF BY THE GERMANS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO TOBRUK, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE AMAZING STORIES OF FORTITUDE AND HARDSHIP TO TELL. ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING FEATS OF ENDURANCE WAS THAT OF TWO SAPPERS OF 2/7TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WHO WERE CUT OFF NEAR BENGHAZI. THEY MADE THEIR WAY FOR OVER 300 MILES ALONG THE ENEMY'S LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS, FROM APRIL 6TH TO APRIL 22ND, FINALLY ARRIVING AT TOBRUK, WHERE THEY WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. PICTURE SHOWS THE TWO SAPPERS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN TOBRUK, SAPPER STAN GURTIS AND SAPPER F.F.C. HETHERINGTON-HARFORD.