010668 Accession Number: 010668

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DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

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Accession Number
010668
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 November 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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