The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TUMMAR - CAPTURED ITALIAN DIESEL LORRIES WERE VERY USEFUL FOR CARRYING CAPTURED ITALIAN FOOD TO CAPTURED ITALIAN SOLDIERS. FORTUNATELY THE ITALIANS LEFT BEHIND A LARGE QUANTITY OF OIL FOR THESE LORRIES, WHICH WE PROCEEDED TO CAPTURE ALSO. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
TUMMAR - THE ITALIANS DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND BEING PRISONERS BUT THEY DID WANT CIGARETTES BADLY. FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE BRITISH TOMMIES HAD SOUVENIRED PLENTY OF ITALIAN "FAGS" AND SO THERE WAS NO SHORTA
TUMMAR - CONDITIONS IN THE DESERT WERE VERY BAD DURING THE 1ST WEEK OF THE CAMPAIGN THERE BEING TERRIFIC SANDSTORMS RAGING MOST OF THE TIME & TEMP. BEING WELL DOWN TO MELBOURNE LEVELS. HERE ARE PRISON
TUMMAR - FRIENDLY BRITISH TOMMIES OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS HAND OUT CIGARETTES TO THE ITALIAN PRISONERS IN THEIR CHARGE. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
NIBEIWA - THE PHOTO UNIT INSPECTS ONE OF THE TANKS CAPTURED FROM THE ITALIANS DURING BATTLE OF NIBEIWA. A GOOD PROPORTION OF THESE TANKS CAN BE PUT INTO ACTION AGAIN VERY SOON & WILL BE USED BY BRITIS
TUMMAR - CAPTAIN A.C. RIALL 4TH INDIAN DIVISION. WHO DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN LOOKING AFTER THE WHOLE OF THE PRISONERS. FORAGING FOOD FOR THEM AND ORGANISING THE TRANSPORT OF RATIONS. (PHOTO
HILEQUAT - LIBYAN PRISONERS IN THE SERVICE OF THE ITALIANS BEING FED BY THEIR BRITISH CAPTORS AND GETTING THEIR APPARENTLY 1ST MEAL FOR DAYS. IN CONTRACT TO ITALIAN TROOPS THESE NATIVES WERE ILL CLOTH
