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AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WATCHING A GAME OF FOOTBALL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH MORE THAN 2,000 OF THEM TRAVELLED FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
SOUQ EL GARB, NEAR ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12. A 30 X 40 INCH PROCESS CAMERA WITH 8 X 6 FEET COPY BOARD, DESIGNED BY THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FIELD SURVEY COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
DIMRA, PALESTINE. 1941-03. AN INHABITANT OF DIMRA, THIS ARAB EXCELLED WITH HIS HOME-MADE FLUTE. IT IS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF BAMBOO IN WHICH IS SECRETED A BAMBOO REED. THIS PROVIDES WHAT THE ARAB WOULD D
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT TOBRUK, BEFORE IT WAS COVERED BY CAMOUFLAGE NETTING.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAND TRAY MODEL OF THE DEFENCES OF TOBRUK. THIS WAS LATER DESTROYED BY A BOMB WHICH KILLED AN OFFICER AND HIS BATMAN.
SIR ED DANIE, SYRIA. 1941-09. SCENE IN THE MAIN STREET OF SIR ED DANIE, A VILLAGE IN THE HILLS SOUTH EAST OF TRIPOLI, WHERE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS.
Lieutenants SX4542 John Francis Cunneen (21st Australian Infantry Brigade), Noel Mallam Symington (2/16th Battalion) and SX2643 Arthur Cyril Dean (2/27th Battalion), Intelligence Officers in the Advan
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1941-05. DISEMBARKATION OF TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AFTER EVACUATION FROM CRETE. THE SISTERS AND NURSES AT THE TABLE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE OF 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPI
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. 1941-05. DISEMBARKATION OF TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AFTER EVACUATION FROM CRETE.
1941-05. CRETE. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION RESTING, UNDER COVER FROM AERIAL OBSERVATION, WHILST WAITING FOR EVACUATION BY SEA TO EGYPT.
1941-05. ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. TROOPS OF 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ENTRAINING FOR CAMPS IN PALESTINE AFTER DISEMBARKING FROM CRETE FROM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN EVACUATED.
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. 1941-12. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. 1941-12. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
1941-12. JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. SCENE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE "CZAR'S PALACE" WHEN SNOW FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE PALACE WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME BY NO 6 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE. BACKGROUND SHOWS TYPICAL AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY IN THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT STYLE - ORANGE GROVES AND GARDEN PLOTS
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE, FROM THE WEST. MARKINGS ON SAND IN LOWER LEFT CORNER ARE GRAPE VINES MINUS FOLIAGE; THIS TYPE GROW
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF CAMP HILL 95, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE. DIMRA AND DEIR SUNOID CAMPS, OTHER A.I.F. CAMPS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. NOTE THE SHARP CONTRA
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF ANOTHER SECTION OF HILL 95 CAMP IN THE A.I.F. AREA OF PALESTINE LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN LOWER RIGHT, A SQUAD CAN BE SEEN MARCHING ALONG THE ROAD.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF GAZA RIDGE CAMP IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST ON CAMP NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (2/1ST AGH).
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF TWO OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE; KHASSA, IN THE FOREGROUND AND HILL 69 CAMP IN DISTANCE.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF KHASSA CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN RIGHT BACKGROUND IS ANOTHER A.I.F. CAMP - HILL 69. NOTE MEN IN BOTTOM LEFT OF PICTURE
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF JULIS CAMP, ANOTHER OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. IN LEFT FOREGROUND CAN BE SEEN A SQUAD OF SOLDIERS SEATED IN A LECTURE-CIRCLE WITH THEIR
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING NORTH. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER TH
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING NORTH. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER TH
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) AT NUSEIRAT, LOOKING WEST. IN WORLD WAR I THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS FOUGHT OVER THI
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF GEDERA, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. NOTE LARGE AREA COVERED BY VEHICLE MARKINGS IN FOREGROUND.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. MUGHAZI CAMP, ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. REINFORCEMENT DEPOT (ME) SEEN FROM THE AIR, LOOKING WEST NORTH WEST. NUSEIRAT CAMP, ALSO A TRAINING CAMP IS VISIBLE IN THE
Mughazi, Palestine. 1942-03-10. An aerial view of Mughazi AIF Reinforcement Training Camp (Middle East) looking west. A second AIF training camp in the background is Nuseirat. During World War 1 Austr
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DIMRA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING SOUTH.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DIMRA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST ACROSS SANDHILLS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. DEIR SUNEID CAMP, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE AIR, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE. IT WAS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF A.I.F. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DIMRA CAMP, ANOTHER A
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF DEIR SUNEID CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE, LOOKING NORTH WEST. JEWISH CITRUS PLANTATION IS IN THE FOREGROUND. DEIR SUNEID IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS O
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. DEIR SUNEID CAMP LOOKING WEST FROM THE AIR. THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE AND IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF THE A.I.F. MIDDLE EAST. NOTE SOLDIERS MOVIN
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW FROM THE EAST OF DEIR SUNEID CAMP, ONE OF THE A.I.F. CAMPS IN PALESTINE. DEIR SUNEID IS ALSO BASE HEADQUARTERS OF THE A.I.F. IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF QASTINA CAMP, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST-NORTH-WEST. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE BEYOND THE SAND DUNES.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL OF THE VIEW OF THE NEWLY LAND OUT CAMP OF MASMIYA, LOOKING SOUTH WEST. THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMPS OF THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF THE NEWLY LAID OUT CAMP OF MASMIYA, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE, LOOKING WEST.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. VIEW OF BEIT JIRJA CAMP LOOKING WEST FROM THE AIR, ONE OF THE CAMPS IN THE A.I.F. AREA IN PALESTINE WHICH HAS BEEN IN OCCUPATION BY AUSTRALIANS SINCE 1940-02.
PALESTINE. 1942-03-10. AERIAL VIEW OF BEIT JIRJA CAMP, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM THE AIR. BEIR JIRJA WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CAMPS ESTABLISHED BY THE A.I.F. ON ARRIVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN 1940-02. THE
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1942. "BARDIA BILL" WAS A NICKNAME GIVEN FIRST TO A BATTERY OF ITALIAN MEDIUM GUNS WHICH FROM A POSITION SOUTH OF BARDIA FIRED ON THE AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS NEAR SALUM, BEFORE THE CAPTURE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. PORTRAIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN NCO IN THE WESTERN DESERT CAMPAIGN.
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT. LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BETWEEN BARCE AND TOBRUK. TROOPS OF THE G
A print from a 35 millimetre film taken from a German prisoner of war captured by the 9th Australian Infantry Division in Egypt. The film had evidently been taken between Barce and Tobruk. The picture
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1942-07. A PRINT FROM A 35 MILLIMETRE FILM TAKEN FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN EGYPT. THE FILM HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SCENES BE
GREAT BRITAIN. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM, GCVO KCB CB CMG DSO AFC, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FAR EAST, 1940-41.
GREAT BRITAIN. AIR VICE MARSHAL C. W. H. PULFORD OBE AFC. AIR-OFFICER-COMMANDING FAR EAST 1941.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. TWO SOLDIERS OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION LIGHT UP THEIR CIGARETTES FROM A LIGHTER, HOME-MADE AND CONSISTING OF A PIECE OF BLUE METAL FOR FLINT AND STRING FOR WICK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO., ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDER TOBRUK GARRISON.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A CANARY, PET OF A SHIP RUNNING THE GAUNTLET BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND TOBRUK WITH SUPPLIES.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS READY FOR ANY EVENTUALITY DURING A TRIP FROM ALEXANDRIA TO TOBRUK, WHEN EXTRA CAUTION IS NECESSARY.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE CHURCH AT TOBRUK. IN COMPARISON WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE TOWN THE CHURCH IS VERY LITTLE DAMAGED; A FEW SHRAPNEL MARKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE FRONT WALLS, BUT THE INTERIOR WAS DES
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDING TOBRUK GARRISON, (LEFT) SEATED OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS AT TOBR
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. MAJOR-GENERAL L.J. MORSHEAD, CMG., OBE., DSO., ED., GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND COMMANDING TOBRUK GARRISON, (LEFT) SEATED OUTSIDE HIS HEADQUARTERS AT TO
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ARTILLERYMEN OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DIVISION.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE HEADQUARTERS OF AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT IN TOBRUK DURING THE SIEGE.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MAJOR OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS MAKING NOTES AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF TOBRUK GARRISON DURING THE SIEGE.
The control room of a British armoured unit at Tobruk during the siege. From here messages are sent to tanks and armoured formations in all parts of the perimeter in addition to Headquarters in Cairo.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AT 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL SIGNALS HEADQUARTERS, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. THE TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AT 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL SIGNALS HEADQUARTERS, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. INTERIOR OF A WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TRUCK IN OPERATION WITHIN THE PERIMETER.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MEMBER OF A SIGNALS UNIT REPAIRING TELEPHONE LINES AFTER A STRAFE BY THE HUN.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF LANCE CORPORAL SAM ALLEN OF EDINBURGH, OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF TROOPER CHARLIE CARNE OF DAGENHAM, ESSEX, OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF SERGEANT FRANK PROUSE DCM, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN T S CRAIG OF JERSEY, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A CHEERY PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL A BANKS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A HAPPY TANK CREW OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SEATED ON THEIR TANK IN THE WESTERN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. REPAIRS TO THE "INNARDS". PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. REPAIRS TO THE "INNARDS". PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE WESTERN DESERT, OVERHAULING AND SERVICING THEIR ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS SERVING WITH AN ARMOURED UNIT IN THE TOBRUK PERIMETER, MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT TO HIS VEHICLE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. MEMBER OF A TANK CREW OF THE ROYAL TANK CORPS PAINTS A NAME ON A TANK WHILE SERVING IN THE LIBYAN DESERT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. A PLANE SPOTTER IN TOBRUK DURING THE SIEGE. IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE MAN ON DUTY FOR THIS JOB SHOULD KEEP A CONSTANT AND VIGILANT LOOK-OUT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. DEFENDERS OF THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, USE CAPTURED ITALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND AMMUNITION TO WARD OFF NAZI PLANES.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. THIS SOLDIER HAS RIGGED UP THE REAR TURRET, WITH GUN COMPLETE, OF A CRASHED AXIS BOMBER AND IS USING IT TO REPEL FURTHER AIR ATTACKS FROM THE ENEMY AIR FORCE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. WRECK OF A GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR TOBRUK.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. PANORAMA OF THE WESTERN DESERT NEAR TOBRUK SHOWING BURNING ENEMY PLANE IN DISTANCE.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AN AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER SERVING IN THE TOBRUK FORTRESS DURING THE SIEGE, IS SHOWN WITH ENEMY SHELL FRAGMENT.
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING CAPTURED ITALIAN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BACK AT THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN FORCES OUTSIDE TOBRUK. THIS WAS HUMOUROUSLY KNOWN AS THE "BUSH ARTILLERY"; THOSE WOR
LIBYAN DESERT. 1941. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING CAPTURED ITALIAN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BACK AT THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN FORCES OUTSIDE TOBRUK. THIS WAS HUMOUROUSLY KNOWN AS THE "BUSH ARTILLERY", THOSE WOR
SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A SAPPER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS WHEELING ROCK FOR CONCRETING DEFENCE POSITIONS.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS. HERE THEY ARE SEEN EXCAVATING IN ROCK BY MEANS OF A JACK HAMMER AND COMPRESSOR.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. SAPPERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS PREPARING DEFENCE POSITIONS. THE PICTURE SHOWS A CAPTURED ITALIAN CONCRETE MIXER BEING USED IN THE PREPARATION OF A STRONGHOLD.
BLINDFOLDED GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BLINDFOLDED ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BLINDFOLDED ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING BROUGHT INTO THE FORTRESS AREA, TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. ITALIAN PRISONERS, CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, IN A TEMPORARY P.G.W. CAGE.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. AN ITALIAN PRIEST AMONG THE PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. APPARENTLY HE WAS WITH A NAVAL UNIT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. AN AUSTRALIAN PADRE SERVING WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AT THE WHEEL OF HIS UTILITY.
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. A DOG FOUND IN TOBRUK BY AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNIT AND ADOPTED AS A MASCOT.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. BATH DAY, TOBRUK. GREAT ECONOMY WAS NECESSARY WITH WATER DURING THE SIEGE, BUT MEN COULD, IN MOST INSTANCES, BATHE IN THE SEA.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A CAPTURED ITALIAN WATER TANK PRESSED INTO SERVICE BY THE ALLIES. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE SEEN DRAWING THEIR RATION OF WATER FROM THE WATER TRUCK OPERATED BY A BRITISH ROYAL ARMY SE
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A DESERT HOME WITHIN THE PERIMETER AT TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. OFFICERS IN THEIR TENT AT TOBRUK.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. A MEMBER OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE ON TRAFFIC CONTROL DUTY IN A TOBRUK STREET.
TOBRUK, LIBYA. 1941. HEADQUARTERS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE IN TOBRUK. AN UN-EXPLODED BOMB IS EMBEDDED IN THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE, HENCE THE SIGN "NO ENTRY".
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941-07-31. TRAINEES UNDERGOING A COURSE OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE AT SYDNEY FORTRESS FIXED DEFENCES. HERE A VICKERS .303 HEAVY MACHINE GUN IS MOUNTED FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
SUEZ, EGYPT. 1942-02-08. PERSONNEL OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE LEAVING TRANSIT CAMP AT SUEZ FOR DOCKS PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA.
SUEZ, EGYPT. 1942-02-08. PERSONNEL OF 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE LEAVING TRANSIT CAMP AT SUEZ FOR DOCKS PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA.
Review of 21st Australian Infantry Brigade by Major General (Maj Gen) A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Division and Brigader A W Potts DSO MC, Commanding 21st Brigade
WARD'S DROME, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. IN THEIR SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON NADZAB THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION BECAME THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TO BECOME AIRBORNE. FOR DAYS BEFORE THIS DARING A
LARRIMAH, NT. 1942-09. CONVOY DUST, NORTH SOUTH ROAD NEAR LARRIMAH. NOTE CORRUGATED CONDITION OF ROAD, LOOSE GRAVEL AND LACK OF SIDE DRAINS. THE TRUCK IS IN A CONVOY OF VEHICLES OF 2/9TH ARMY FIELD CO
THE 2/9TH ARMY FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MOVING NORTH BY TRAIN FROM ADELAIDE TO ALICE SPRINGS. MINIMUM DURATION OF JOURNEY IS 56 HOURS. DRIVERS LIVE IN THEIR VEHICLES, OTHER PERSONNEL
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-03. GROUP OF OFFICERS OF STAFF OF SIGNAL OFFICER IN CHIEF, LAND HEADQUARTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW:- MAJOR E.H. FLEITER MC, MAJOR W.C.F. NILL, LIEUTENANT COLONEL B.F.A. BROWN,
RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JAPANESE ROAD, BOGADJIM- RAMU VALLEY BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.B. WOOD, COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVIS
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-06. COLONEL J.A. MCCOMB, ED, DIRECTOR OF DOCKS, LAND HEADQUARTERS, TAKING THE SALUTE FROM CAPTAIN E.B. THURMAN, MM, COMMANDING 2/3RD DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIA
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. HEAD TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TIMBER JETTY.
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TIMBER JETTY.
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-26. THE "S.S JAMES COOK" BERTHED AT TIMBER JETTY. SHE HAS BEEN UNLOADED BY 2/3 DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12. ONE OF THE HUTS OCCUPIED BY HEADQUARTERS, SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SERVICE, NEW GUINEA FORCE.
AT SEA, CELEBES SEA. 1945-10-29. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT FORCED DOWN BETWEEN MOROTAI AND TARAKAN WHEN 200 MILES FROM TARAKAN. ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS HAD TIME TO GET I
AT SEA. 1945-11. THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH 126 OFFICERS AND 2,000 OTHER RANKS WERE MOVED FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION BETWEEN 11TH AND 19TH NOVEMBER.
BALIKPAPAN. BORNEO. 1945-11-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL BEING FERRIED FROM BALIKPAPAN IN HMAS BURDEKIN TO EMBARK IN THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS IMPLACABLE IN WHICH THEY WERE MOVED
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
LOCATION UNKNOWN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM H.M.A.S. "BROOME", 1944, SHOWING H.M.A.S. "ECHUCA" (LEFT) AND ANOTHER CORVETTE MOORED AT ANCHORAGE.
HMAS SYDNEY LEAVING SYDNEY HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME, 1975-12.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
At Sea, November 1945. A game of football on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable being watched by Australian Army and Air Force personnel en route from Balikpapan to Sydney for demo
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS "IMPLACABLE" ON THEIR WAY FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION.
AT SEA. 1945-11. THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS "IMPLACABLE" IN WHICH 126 OFFICERS AND 2,000 OTHER RANKS WERE MOVED FROM BALIKPAPAN TO SYDNEY FOR DEMOBILIZATION BETWEEN 11TH AND 19TH NOVEMBER.