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TOBRUK. QX2836 PRIVATE VICKERY OF ROCKHAMPTON, QLD, TAKES A BATH IN WADI AUDA SURROUNDED BY MEMBERS OF 2/4TH FIELD PARK AND 2/4TH FIELD COMPANY OF ENGINEERS. THE BATH TUB WAS AMONG THE STORES CAPTURED FROM THE ITALIANS. WATER COMES FROM THE ENGINE COOLING APPARATUS AT THE AIF PUMPING STATION. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
THE WADI AUDA, WEST OF THE TOWN OF TOBRUK, SITE OF THE 2/4TH FIELD COY., AND THE 2/4TH FIELD PARK COY. WATER IN THIS WADI IS PUMPED BY THE ENGINEERS TO THE VARIOUS UNIT WATER POINTS. (NEGATIVE BY F. H
SIDI BARRANI - AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF TONS OF STORES & ARMAMENTS ABANDONED BY THE ITALIANS WAS THIS GREAT NAVAL GUN IN THE COURTYARD OF THE BARRACKS AT BARRANI. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
HERBERTON AREA, QLD. 1943-08-17. WATER PUMPING STATION OF THE 2/22ND AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. ALSO SHOWN ARE THE PIPELINES TAKING THE WATER TO THE TREATMENT PLANTS.
TOBRUK. PART OF THE HEAVY FIELD WORKSHOPS UNIT WORK ON THE ENGINE OF A MOTOR TRUCK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
HERBERTON AREA, QLD. 1943-08-17. NX25662 CORPORAL F. DRINKWATER (LEFT) AND NX132761 SAPPER A. C. SMITH OF THE 2/22ND AUSTRALIAN FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WORKING IN THE WATER PUM
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
