WESTERN DESERT - 3000 LIBYAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE 1ST FEW HOURS OF BATTLE WERE GLAD TO TURN IN. ...

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Accession Number 004443
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 11 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

WESTERN DESERT - 3000 LIBYAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE 1ST FEW HOURS OF BATTLE WERE GLAD TO TURN IN. THEY FOUND A FAIRY GODMOTHER IN A BR. SERGEANT WHO LOOKED AFTER THEM UNTIL THEY COULD BE CONVOYED TO MORE CONGENIAL SURROUNDINGS. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).