The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOBRUK - MEN OF THE 1ST AUST. ANTI TANK COY LISTEN TO THE INSPIRING WORDS OF PRAISE SPOKEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HIS VISIT TO THEM. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).
The Australian Prime Minister Mr Robert Gordon Menzies toured the Middle East and Palestine visiting Australian sailors, soldiers and airmen at Jerusalem (at the Australian Soldiers Club), Julis, Beit
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 - "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 - 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
Prime Minister John Grey Gorton, took a keen interest in a Sioux helicopter during his visit to the 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight at Nui Dat. During his five hour visit to major units of the
NEAR BARDIA - CLOUDS OVER THE DESERT TAKEN FROM THE PLANE NEAR BARDIA DURING THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. R.G. MENZIES' VISIT TO THE WESTERN DESERT. (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).
