The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Adorned with sprays of gum leaves for Armistice Day 1943, the grave of Sapper F. W. Heard who fell in the Battle of Alamein is typical of the AIF graves arranged in neat, orderly rows at Alamein Cemetery.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. The cemetery at El Alamein as it looked on Armistice Day 1943. The special wreath fashioned from sprays of gum leaves which was donated by the Australian people in
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. View of the Alamein Cemetery and the special wreath fashioned from sprays of gum leaves which was donated by the Australian people in honour of the AIF who fell in
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. View of a typical AIF grave at the Alamein Cemetery taken on Armistice Day 1943.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Members of the AIF Prisoners of War (POWs), repatriated from Germany, observe the "Two Minutes Silence" at the cemetery where they pay homage to fallen comrades of
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. View of the Alamein Cemetery on Armistice Day 1943.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. An RAAF airman pays his respect to fallen comrades on Armistice Day at the El Alamein cemetery.
