MEA0957 Accession Number: MEA0957

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El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. The bugler, Private G. Campbell of the Argyle and Southern Highlanders plays the Last Post as members of the original 6th Division, AIF prisoners of war (POWs), repatriated from Germany, pay their respect to their fallen comrades of the 9th Division.

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Accession Number
MEA0957
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
11 November 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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