The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DURING THE DRIVE WHICH HAS CARRIED THE 8TH ARMY FROM EGYPT TO THE BORDERS OF TRIPOLI, ALL SORTS OF WEATHER WAS EXPERIENCED. BLINDING DUST GAVE WAY TO RAIN WHICH MADE THE DESERT INTO A SWAMP. HERE IS A PARTY OF ADVANCED BRITISH TROOPS WARMING THEMSELVES ROUND A "PORTABLE" FIRE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
MEMBERS OF A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION NOW FIGHTING IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE THE MEN LEFT SYRIA. THESE TROOPS FIGURED GALLANTLY IN THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK. THE MEN, FR
THIS IS A SCENE IN THE DESERT. A POOL OF STORMWATER PROVIDED A WELCOME WASHBASIN FOR THIS PARTY OF DUST BEGRIMED BRITISH TOMMIES AT GERAWLA, DURING THE 8TH ARMY'S ADVANCE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Tripoli. c. July 1943. A group portrait of members of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF of the advanced party from the Desert Harassers Squadron, grouped on board a convoy ship, which is to take them
In spite of acres of mud and extensive lakes caused by ceaseless rain, the work of servicing RAF aircraft continues without a pause on advanced airfields in Belgium. Here RAF ground crews wade through
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-11-05. THESE ITALIANS JUMPED ON THE ONE TRUCK & BROKE THE NEAR AXLE, SO THEY HAD TO WALK IN TO GIVE THEMSELVES UP. ON THE WAY, THEY ENCOUNTED A LONE BRITISH TOMMY & IMPLOR
Two ground crew members of 77 Squadron RAAF use a portable air compressor to pump napalm from a drum into a napalm drop tank attached to a Mustang P-51D aircraft. Several other Squadron aircraft are
