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Photograph 044261 Second World War, 1939-1945DERNA,LIBYA. 1941-01-30. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND MINES FROM THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE BY THE INFANTRY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).

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Derna, Libya. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND-MINES, THAT WERE BEFORE THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA, JUST PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE OF THE INFANTRY.
DERNA,LIBYA. 1941-01-30. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND MINES FROM THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE BY THE INFANTRY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).

DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-01. TROOPS OF 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVE ACROSS THE FLAT BARE PLAIN DURING THE ADVANCE ON THE ITALIAN HELD TOWN OF DERNA. THEY WERE EXPOSED TO HEAVY FIRE FROM A STRON

LIBYA, 1941-02. WADI DERNA, A DEEP AND WIDE NATURAL OBSTACLE IN THE DEFENCES OF DERNA WHERE THE 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AIF, MET STRONG RESISTANCE FROM THE ITALIAN DEFENDERS.

DERNA, LIBYA. COLONEL BARKER AND BRIGADIER ROBERTSON OF 19TH BRIGADE CONFER ON A ROAD ABOVE THE TOWN JUST BEFORE THE FALL OF DERNA.

DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-12. ARABS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH LOOTING IN THE TOWN. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THEM REMOVING EVEN A PIANO FROM ONE OF THE HOMES.

Three land mines just excavated from the roadway may be seen to the right of the picture. Troops of the 20th Australian Infantry Brigade are moving along the road, preceded by engineers with mine-dete