AUSTRALIANS RETURN HOME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST FRESH FROM THEIR TRIUMPHS IN THE WESTERN DESERT, ...

Places	Africa: North Africa, Western Desert Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein Middle East
Accession Number	014456
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Maker	Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made	Australia
Date made	18 March 1943
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

AUSTRALIANS RETURN HOME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST FRESH FROM THEIR TRIUMPHS IN THE WESTERN DESERT, WHERE THEY MET AND REPULSED ROMMEL'S PANZERS AT EL ALAMEIN. SOLDIERS OF A FAMOUS A.I.F. DIVISION HAVE RETURNED SAFELY AT AN AUSTRALIAN PORT AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS CAMPAIGNING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE THEY LOAD THEIR KIT INTO A TRUCK AT THE WHARF.