The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Italian ambulance captured near Tobruk in the first Libyan campaign and now used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the withdrawal it was driven by an Italian Prisoner-of-war who was apparently reluctant to leave his captors. It was used throughout the Syrian campaign and at the time of the sketch, was at the border of Libya. There are two ambulances in the Squadron, this one being used as a dispensary. The staff sleep in partly dug-out tent at side. From December 1941, to January 1942 (when the artist left the Squadron) this ambulance has travelled as far as Antelat, south Benghazi and had been successfully with-drawn to Gazala. "Kangaroo with Wings" is the Squadron's Motor Transport emblem. Advanced Landing Ground, No.112, Egypt.
The crashed enemy Messerschmitt 109 Fighter was found in the wadi at Gazala and subsequently used by one of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force pilots as a target for practice at ground strafing
One of the Tomahawk aircraft used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force in Syrian and Libyan campaigns. American-built aircraft, they have 12 cylinder AIIison engines developing 1050 H.P - top
Qastina encampment and water tower. The town was in what is now the Gaza Strip - it was totally destroyed, (in what conflict is not clear) and no longer exists. The artist writes, 'An extensive view o
Depicts the pyramids at Giza with the pyramids of Cheops [Khufu] in the foreground. Because Egypt was a protectorate of Britain until 1952, it was a major strategic base for the Allied forces during
Depicts a camouflaged truck at Richon-le Zion Palestine (now in Israel). The artist wrote that the truck was depicted "in a setting of date palms - proving the effectiveness of Army camouflage". Ris
Italian Libya Campaign Medal 1911-12 with two laurel wreath bars '1911' and '1912'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Vittorio Emanuele III facing right with the inscription 'VITTORIO EMANVELE I