The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Iraq. 26 April 1942. On the parade ground, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder KCB, Air Officer in Commanding in Chief, RAF, Middle East, inspects Iraq levies during his tour of inspection of the Middle East area. The front line of conscripted soldiers stands behind a line drawn in chalk on the ground.
Tripolitania, Libya. 23 January 1943. Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Sholto Douglas KCB MC DFC (left) talking to Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Officer Commanding Western Desert. ACM Douglas
Cairo, Egypt. 30 March 1942. Standing on the airfield, General (Gen) George H. Brett, Chief of the Allied Air Forces, in Australia (right), chats to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder KCB, Air Officer Comm
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder KCB, Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East Air Forces (right) and Sir Walter Monckton KS, Acting Minister of State (left), braved the blitz to visit the heroic defe
Richard G. Casey, Minister of State in the Middle East (left), greets the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with his signature cigar in his mouth, on his arrival at a desert airfield for his t
His Majesty King George VI (right) after inspecting a Flying Control Tower at a RAF aerodrome. Behind the King are Field Marshal Lord Gort VC, Governor of Malta (left), Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Te
Cairo, Egypt. 4 May 1942. Mr Richard Casey, Minister of State in the Middle East, arriving at the airport to assume his new post. Left to right: Air Marshal R. M. Drummond, Deputy Air Officer Commandi
