The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FORT CAPUZZO, LIBYA. L/C W. BROOKS, PROVOST CORPS 6TH DIVISION DIRECTS TRAFFIC AT JUNCTION OF SOLLUM-BARDIA ROAD. HIS IMPOSING PEDESTAL IS THE VICTOR ARCH ERECTED BY ITALIANS AND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEIR FLAMBOYANT DECORATION OF THE OTHERWISE FEATURELESS LANDSCAPE.
FORT CAPUZZO, LIBYA. AN ITALIAN STRONGHOLD BETWEEN SOLLUM AND BARDIA WHICH FELL TO THE BRITISH FORCES. THE NAVY ASSISTED IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE FORT AND IT WAS REDUCED TO RUINS. IT WAS FORMERLY A S
NEAR BARDIA, LIBYA. ANOTHER OF THE THIRTEEN WRECKED ITALIAN PLANES FOUND ON THE AERODROME BY THE BRITISH DURING THEIR PUSH PAST FORT CAPUZZO.
Bardia, Libya. 1941-01-08. The capture of Bardia by the 6th Australian Division. A gun emplacement left by the Italians outside Bardia. The weapon in the gun pit is a Breda Model 35 20mm cannon.
Incomplete aluminium Italian fuze for 102 mm, 35 calibre anti-aircraft ammunition. This time fuze is missing its ballistic cap. The words 'FORT CAPUZZO' and '1940', along with some indecipherable mark
Pair of nested rectangular mess tins each with a hinged, one piece metal handle, designed to fold over the top of the tin for compact storage. Both have stamped makers markings on one end of each tin,
German West Wall Medal. Bronze oval shaped medal. Obverse: A corner of a pill box surmounted by a crossed sword and spade with a Nazi eagle and swastika at the top, all within an oak leaf wreath. Reve
