The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BARBED WIRE PATTERN. A FRONT LINE SILHOUETTE MADE BY A TANGLE OF WIRE AT A MINEFIELD GAP AFTER ENGINEERS HAD CLEARED A PASSAGE FOR TANKS NEAR TEL EL EISA. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
COUNTING THE COST. THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER A DECISIVE TANK BATTLE FOR A BLOCKHOUSE NEAR TEL EL EISA. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE SOME OF OUR TANKS KNOCKED OUT BY ANTI-TANK GUNS. WE ACCOUNTED FOR 1
BRONZED GUNNERS. STUDY OF HEAVY ACK ACK GUN AT TEL EL EISA. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AFTER THE BATTLE. SCENE OF A DECISIVE TANK BATTLE AT THE BLOCKHOUSE WEST OF TEL EL EISA. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE SOME OF OUR TANKS KNOCKED OUT BY AN ANTI-TANK GUN. WE ACCOUNTED FOR 18 JERRIES. IN THE BA
WATER LIFE LINE. WHILE THE MECHANISED FORCES PUSHED AHEAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE 8TH ARMY'S ADVANCE IN LIBYA, THE VITAL PROBLEM OF WATER SUPPLY WAS SOLVED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SUPPLY COY.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-31. ENTRANCE TO NO- MAN'S- LAND, EL ALAMEIN FRONT. THE LANEWAY BETWEEN THE TWO ROWS OF CONCERTINA BARBED WIRE IN A GAP IN THE MINEFIELD RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE LANE.
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.H. HAMMER, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (RIGHT) AND CAPTAIN D. BRYANT, OFFICER COMMANDING "C" COMPANY OF THE BATTALION,
