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Photograph 014124 Second World War, 1939-1945BARBED 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).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BRONZED GUNNERS. STUDY OF HEAVY ACK ACK GUN AT TEL EL EISA. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
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).

TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. LIEUTENANT F. HERBERTSON (WITH FACE ENMESHED IN NET) PAYING MEN OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION IN THEIR GUN POSITION WEST OF TEL EL EISA.

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

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

EMPTIES. ONE OF THE NUMEROUS DUMPS OF AMMUNITION BOXES FILLED WITH EMPTY SHELL CASES SEEN ALONG THE DESERT ARTILLERY FRONT. IN THE OPENING BARRAGE OF THE BATTLE FOR EGYPT 800 GUNS WENT INTO ACTION AND
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.
