The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOCRA CASTLE, HALF WAY BETWEEN BARCE AND BENGHAZI, WAS UNTIL RECENTLY HEADQUARTERS OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION.
TOCRA. MEMBERS OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION HOLD A CHURCH PARADE IN THE COURTYARD OF THE OLD TURKISH CASTLE AT TOCRA. THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF LIBYA. (NEGATIVE BY
TOCRA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AND GUARDS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FORT WHICH HAD UNTIL RECENTLY BEEN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL ITALIAN GARRISON. PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN A TURKISH POST AND IS N
TOCRA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AND GUARDS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FORT WHICH HAD UNTIL RECENTLY BEEN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL ITALIAN GARRISON. PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN A TURKISH POST AND IS N
TOCRA. ON GUARD WITH A BREN GUN WHILE THE BATTALION ATTENDS CHURCH PARADE AT TOCRA, H.Q. OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION A.I.F. AFTER THE CAPTURE OF BENGHAZI. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
TOCRA. MEMBERS OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION AT A CHURCH SERVICE HELD IN THE COURTYARD OF AN OLD TURKISH CASTLE AT TOCRA. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
Major Hugh K MacLean pictured among the ruins of a castle half-way between Suez and Akuba.
