Accession Number | 005872 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
Maker |
Parer, Damien Peter |
Place made | Egypt, Egypt: Sollum |
Date made | c February 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
SOLLUM. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CARRIED THE PRIME MINISTER MR ...
Description
SOLLUM. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CARRIED THE PRIME MINISTER MR ROBERT MENZIES ACROSS THE WESTERN DESERT. SHOWS THE HALFAYA (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS `HELLFIRE') PASS WHICH CARRIES TRAFFIC FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN TO THE LIBYAN PLATEAU ON TOP OF THE ESCARPMENT. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).