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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. PIPES SABOTAGED BY THE ENEMY BEING REPLACED BETWEEN TEL EL EISA AND SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN, EGYPTIAN WESTERN DESERT. 1942-11. VIEW OF THE WESTERN DESERT BATTLEFIELD LOOKING TOWARDS EL ALAMEIN FROM AN OBSERVATION POST ON THE TOWER OF THE ARAB MOSQUE AT SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN U
SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN, EGYPTIAN WESTERN DESERT. 1942-11. A BOMBER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE PASSING OVER THE TOWER OF THE ARAB MOSQUE AT SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN. THIS TOWER WAS USED BY THE GERMANS AS AN OBSERVAT
SIDI ABD EL RAHMAN, EGYPT. 1942-11. 150MM sFH18 MEDIUM HOWITZER ARTILLERY PIECES USED BY THE GERMANS IN THEIR DRIVE TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA. THEY WERE CAPTURED IN THE RECENT BRITISH ADVANCE IN WHICH THE 9T
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
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
The grave of NX60167 Sergeant (Sgt) Hilary John Hurley, 9th Battery, 3rd Anti Tank Regiment in the El Alamein War Cemetery. Sgt Hurley was killed in action on 1 November 1942 during the German offens
