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| Accession Number | 025072 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE ...
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE DINNER HELD ON 1942-10-05, BY 150 DIGGERS WITH 1000 DAYS OVERSEAS SERVICE AT THE GAZA CLUB TO CELEBRATE THE SAILING FROM AUSTRALIA OF THE FIRST CONVOY OF THE 2ND A.I.F. HERE THE TRUMPETER (BACKGROUND) IS SEEN PLAYING THE "LAST POST" WHILST A REVERENT SILENCE IS OBSERVED. THIS WAS BROKEN BY THE ROUSING NOTES OF "REVEILLE" - A SLIGHT PAUSE - THEN "LEST WE FORGET", "LEST WE FORGET". THE WORDS WERE TAKEN UP BY EVERY VOICE IN THE BUILDING. GRADUALLY THE HUM OF CONVERSATION SWELLED BACK AND SUCH WORDS AS "TOBRUK", "BENGHAZI", "HELLFIRE", "SOLLUM", "ATHENS", "CRETE" AND OTHERS COULD BE DISTINGUISHED IN THE REMINISCENCES.
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- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Benghazi
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Salum
- Europe: Greece, Athens
- Europe: Greece, Crete
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Gaza