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Photograph 005860 Second World War, 1939-1945TOBRUK - "AUSTRALIA IS PROUD OF YOU" SAID THE PRIME MINISTER MR. MENZIES, WHILE ADDRESSING THESE MEN OF THE 18TH BDE. FORMED UP IN THE PIAZZA BENITO MUSSOLINI. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).

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LIBYA, TOBRUK HAD ONE OF ITS RARE AND WELCOME WET DAYS DURING A VISIT BY MR MENZIES. HE IS SHOWN TALKING TO GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND MR SHEDDON OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE IN THE PIAZZA BENITO MUSSOLINI. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
TOBRUK - "AUSTRALIA IS PROUD OF YOU" SAID THE PRIME MINISTER MR. MENZIES, WHILE ADDRESSING THESE MEN OF THE 18TH BDE. FORMED UP IN THE PIAZZA BENITO MUSSOLINI. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).

TOBRUK - LOOKING ALONG THE PIAZZA BENITO MUSSOLINI, AFTER THE ENTRANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY). I

1941-02. MR. ROBERT GORDON MENZIES ON A VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. SOME OF THE TROOPS WHO WELCOMED MR. MENZIES (SHOWN NEAR TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AT HIS RIGHT)

CAIRO - GUESTS AT THE DINNER GIVEN BY SIR THOMAS BLAMEY IN HONOUR OF THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. MENZIES DURING HIS VISIT. SIR THOMAS IS SEATED BETWEEN MR. MENZIES AND SIR MILES LAMPSON, BRITISH AMBASSADO

AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WELCOMED MR MENZIES ON HIS VISIT TO TROOPS NEAR TOBRUK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

GENERAL BLAMEY AND MR MENZIES AT DINNER. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
