The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THERE IS NO COMPLETE "SIESTA" PERIOD IN THE WESTERN DESERT WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE NOW HOLDING POSITIONS ON THE MAIN FRONT. AT THIS "TWENTY-FOUR HOUR" LISTENING POST SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE BLUE, SLEEP IS SNATCHED BETWEEN WATCHES. (NEGATIVE BY HURLEY).
WESTERN DESERT. AN AIF ARTILLERY UNIT PREPARES TO FIRE THEIR 25 POUNDER DURING AN OPERATION IN THE PRESENT NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. THEIR POST IS CAMOUFLAGED WITH NETTING. (PHOTOGRAPHER FRANK HURLEY)
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT . A SECTION OF AIF INFANTRYMEN (23RD BATTALION) NOW FIGHTING IN NORTH AFRICA AWAIT ZERO HOUR BEFORE GOING OUT ON A PATROL IN THE DESERT. THE MEN HAVE FIXED BAYONETS AND ONE MAN I
DURING AIR RAID BY GERMAN PLANES OVER OUR POSITIONS IN THE WESTERN DESERT COASTAL SECTOR, ONE OF THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT WAS HIT AND FORCED TO LAND. EYE-WITNESSES STATE THAT THE PILOT VAINLY ATTEMPTED A BE
A VIEW OF THE RAILWAY STATION AT TEL ELEISA, SCENE OF SOME OF THE MOST INTENSIVE FIGHTING EXPERIENCED BY OUR FORCES AT PRESENT ENGAGED IN THE WESTERN DESERT. TEL EL EISA IS THE ARABIC FOR "HILL OF JES
TOCRA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AND GUARDS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FORT WHICH HAD UNTIL RECENTLY BEEN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL ITALIAN GARRISON. PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN A TURKISH POST AND IS N
TOCRA. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AND GUARDS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FORT WHICH HAD UNTIL RECENTLY BEEN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL ITALIAN GARRISON. PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN A TURKISH POST AND IS N
