Collection relating to 403445 Flt Lt Douglas Leigh Maddrell RAAF during his service in North Africa with 459 Squadron.

Accession Number P10482.023
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Salum
Date made December 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

Annotation on reverse reads; 'December 1942. This is the largest graveyard visible from the road between side Barrani and Sollum. Actually it is very near Sollum. Although the crosses at the heads of the graves are not visible particularly well, these graves are a muxture of mainly German with Italians and very few British.'

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