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FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER EMPIRE TROOPS EVACUATED GREECE WITH THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT UNBROKEN. EVERY AVAILABLE BOAT WAS PRESSED INTO SERVICE TO EVACUATE TROOPS AND BRITISH SUBJECTS. THESE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH LEGATION STAFF LANDED AT CRETE FROM A BRITISH ARMED TRAWLER. THE FIRST PART OF THEIR VOYAGE WAS MADE ON A TINY GREEK COASTAL VESSEL, WHICH ALSO CARRIED 150 GERMAN PRISONERS.
FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER EMPIRE TROOPS EVACUATED GREECE WITH THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT UNBROKEN. SOME AUSTRALIANS LANDED AT CRET
Troops were evacuated from various points on the Greek coastline, all types of shipping being pressed into use. This shot shows some of the legation staff and a few Aussies, including members of 4 Aus
A GREEK GUIDE SHOWS AUSTRALIANS ROUND THE ACROPOLIS. THE A.I.F. IN GREECE. MEN OF THE A.I.F., AFTER MONTHS IN THE DESERT, EMBARKED FROM AN EGYPTIAN SEAPORT, WORE LIFEBELTS ON THEIR HAZARDOUS MEDITERRA
GREEK CIVILIANS MEET AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS. THE A.I.F. IN GREECE. MEN OF THE A.I.F., AFTER MONTHS IN THE DESERT, EMBARKED FROM AN EGYPTIAN SEAPORT, WORE LIFEBELTS ON THEIR TRANSPORT IN THE HAZARDOUS MED
ELASSON, GREECE. 1941. GROUP OF GREEK SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF THEIR CAMP. THESE MEN HELD POSITIONS BESIDE AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS IN THE NORTH, OFTEN WITH LITTLE EQUIPMENT. (PHOTOGRAPH
Eleusis is a village of great antiquity. Australian troops of the 6th Australian Division passed through here on their way to the evacuation beaches during the withdrawal of British forces in Greece i