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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).
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 PIAZ
TOBRUK - "IT IS NOT THAT YOU HAVE COME HERE TO CAPTURE THIS DESOLATE LAND BUT YOU HAVE PLAYED A GLORIOUS PART IN HELPING TO SMASH THE ITALIAN EMPIRE" - SAID MR. MENZIES DURING AN ADDRESS TO THESE MEN
TOBRUK - LOOKING ALONG THE PIAZZA BENITO MUSSOLINI, AFTER THE ENTRANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY). I
TOBRUK - MEN OF 2/3 BN FORMED UP IN WADI AVDA TO GREET THE P.M. MR. MENZIES DURING HIS VISIT. A WELL IN THIS WADI WHICH IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY TO TOBRUK. IT WAS ALSO AN ITALIAN STRONGPOIN
JERUSALEM. DIGGERS ON THE SUMMIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS CLUB GREET THE PRIME MINISTER MR. MENZIES WITH "THUMBS UP". (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
TOBRUK HARBOUR - THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. MENZIES SECURES A "HOT SHOT" WHEN A DRAMATIC SUBJECT WAS PRESENTED TO HIS CAMERA IN THE FORM OF A FIRE ABOARD AN OIL TANKER. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
