The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HILEQUAT - THE PRISONERS SEEMED TO BEAR NO ILL-FEELING TOWARDS THEIR CAPTORS AND APPEARED GENERALLY TO ACCEPT THEIR FATE WITHOUT QUALMS. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
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
NEAR SIDI BARRANI - OH, THE IRONY OF FATE. ITALIAN PRISONERS MARCH PAST THEIR "LIBERATION OF LIBYA" MONUMENT DURING THE PROCESS OF THE RELIBERATION. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
WESTERN DESERT - THE LIBYAN FORCES WERE THE 1ST TO BE ENCOUNTERED BY BRITISH TROOPS ON THEIR DRIVE TO ITALIAN TERRITORY & WITH THEIR OBSOLETE ARMS PROVED A PITIFUL MATCH. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS WERE T
SOME OF LATEST BATCH OF 4000 PRISONERS FROM AREA BETWEEN BARRANI AND Buq Buq. ALL ITALIAN TROOPS WERE WELL-CLOTHED & ARMED & IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION BUT SEEMED IN NO MOOD FOR FIGHTING AFTER THE FIR
SYRIA. MEN OF THE 7TH DIVISION RECOVERY SECTION RECEIVE A FRIENDLY WELCOME FROM A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL "SQUATTERS" OF SYRIA WHO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH A DONATION OF ARMY ISSUE CIGARETTES. THE GENERAL FEE
TUMMAR - FRIENDLY BRITISH TOMMIES OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS HAND OUT CIGARETTES TO THE ITALIAN PRISONERS IN THEIR CHARGE. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
