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El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany took part in a ceremony to pay homage to fallen comrades of the 9th Division buried at the Alamein Cemetery. Taken prisoner after the fall of Greece and Crete, these men of the original 6th Division were in prison camps when the Battle of El Alamein was fought. Major General Williams, outlined the strategy employed by the Allies in the battle and told of the glorious part played by the 9th Division.
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. Repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from German arriving to pay their respects to fallen comrades of the 9th Division at the El Alamein cemetery.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from German arriving to pay their respects to fallen comrades of the 9th Division at the El Alamein cemetery.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from German arriving to pay their respects to fallen comrades of the 9th Division at the El Alamein cemetery.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. Repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from German arriving to pay their respects to fallen comrades of the 9th Division at the El Alamein cemetery.
El Alamein, Egypt. 11 November 1943. The "convoy" arriving at Alamein Cemetery on Armistice Day 1943, when some two hundred repatriated AIF prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany paid homage to fallen c
