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MEMBERS OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ARE STRONGLY SUPPORTING THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER IN HIS VIGOROUS REBUTTAL OF A CLAIM IN THE LONDON "TIMES" THAT TIN HATS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY. WX5093 CORPORAL ALBERT EDWARD DUGMORE IS SEEN WITH THE TIN HAT HE WAS WEARING WHEN IT RECEIVED AN AIR-BURST FROM A 88M.M. ANTI-AIRCRAFT/ ANTI-TANK GUN DURING THE ATTACKS BY 90 LIGHT DIVISION AND 164 PANZER GRENADIERS OF THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE POSITIONS OF 2/28 BATTALION NEAR THE BLOCKHOUSE, EL ALAMEIN, ON 1942-11-01 TO 1942-11-02. DUGMORE WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION ON 20 OCTOBER 1943 IN NEW GUINEA.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. GROUP OF MEMBERS OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO THE TIN HATS THEY ARE WEARING. THE DAMAGE TO SOME CAN BE SEEN. THESE MEN STRONGLY SUPPORT TH
LANCE-CORPORAL Lawrence David BRIDGEMAN OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION POINTS TO A HOLE MADE IN HIS TIN HAT BY A SHELL SPLINTER AT EL ALAMEIN. THE MEMBERS OF HIS BATTALION ARE ENTHUSIASTIC IN T
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. PRIVATE R.A. HEAPERMAN OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION EXHIBITS HIS TIN HAT SHOWING THE DENTS IN IT MADE BY SHRAPNEL AS HE DISMOUNTED FROM A BREN GUN CARRIER ON THE
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. A MEMBER OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PRODUCES EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF HIS COMMANDING OFFICER'S REBUTTAL OF THE CLAIM BY THE LONDON "TIMES" THAT THE TIN HAT IS NO
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-30. CORPORAL S. KING OF 2/28 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION POINTS TO A DENT IN HIS TIN HAT MADE BY SHRAPNEL FROM A SHELL THAT BURST ABOUT 15 TO 20 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE CARRI
GERMAN PANZER TROOPS TAKEN PRISONER IN THE FIGHTING NEAR EL ALAMEIN IN EARLY 1942-07, ENTRAINING AT EL ALAMEIN STATION FOR TRANSPORT TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS UNDER THE ESCORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY
