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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 BEACH LANDING, BUT EVENTUALLY CRASHED INTO THE SEA LESS THAN 100 YARDS AWAY. PICTURE SHOWS MEN OF THE A.I.F. SALVAGING THE WRECKAGE. (NEGATIVE BY HURLEY).
DURING A 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
TROOPS FROM 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING AT A RANGE OF 9,800 YARDS ON ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR NEAR EL ALAMEIN. EMPTY SHELL CASES ARE STREWN TO RIGH
AN AUSTRALIAN BATTERY IN POSITION IN THE ALAMEIN COASTAL SECTOR IN THE WESTERN DESERT. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THESE A.I.F. GUNNERS ARE PLAYING A SPLENDID PART IN THE FRUSTRATION OF AXIS ATTEMPTS TO REA
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-12. PICTURE OF THE 25-POUNDER GUN OF "C" TROOP, 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, ON THE COASTAL SECTOR AT EL ALAMEIN. THE CREW IS SEEN RELAXING AFTER HA
141 Private A Smith, an 18th Battalion Headquarters' observer, scans enemy territory from the camouflaged position of Ida Post in the Ploegsteert Sector in Belgium. While the picture was being taken,
The 24th Battalion in the front line at Flinte Farm, in the Ypres sector. The German trenches were about 100 yards away, and Australian snipers from their concealed positions ahead of the line 'kept t
