005392 Accession Number: 005392

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Members of the 2/11th Infantry Battalion, having penetrated the outer defences of Tobruk, assemble again on the escarpment on the south side of the harbour after attacking ack ack gun positions. The men were all from C Company, mostly from 14 platoon. Left to right: Front row: Sergeant (Sgt) B Illingworth (1); Private (Pte) R L Thomas (2); Pte J A K Lang (3); Pte T McCosh (4); Corporal (Cpl) W Pauley (5); Pte N Duff (6); Lance Corporal E Patten (7); Pte T Lenton (8); Warrant Officer 2 J Wilson (9) partly obscured. Middle Row: Unknown, partly obscured (10); Pte D McDermid (11); WX802 Pte W Currell (12) (wounded in action (WIA)); WX259 Lieutenant K T Johnson (13) (WIA); Pte D Rogers (14) (WIA); WX2459 Cpl Arthur Norman Ellis (15); Pte E Pell (16); Cpl N R Doyle (17); WX1013 Pte C Brown (18) (killed in action (KIA)). Back row: Pte H H Sadler (KIA) (19); Pte C Cobbin (WIA) (20); Pte L Robartson (21); Pte K H (or W H) Cormack (22); WX1030 Cpl D Brand (23) (WIA) (later Sir David Brand, Premier of WA); Pte C. F. Kealley (24); Pte N R Dann (25) (KIA); Pte J W (or C T) McDonald (26); Cpl G Mercer (27); Pte H W King (WIA) (28); Pte F Graffin (29) (KIA); Pte G Rees (30).

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Accession Number
005392
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 January 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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