The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Poultry was a rare delicacy in the Tobruk area. The birds seen here came from the Hospital Ship “Vita” and are being prepared in the kitchen at Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade.
VX48227 Driver Charles Timothy Jury, Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, inspecting one of the anti-tank ditches near Tobruk, Post R5, in the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area. Foremo
This Brigade Headquarters truck was one of many casualties of the minefields laid around the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area near Tobruk.
A general view of Tobruk Harbour, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area. In the centre background can be seen the Insect Class gunboat HMS “Ladybird”, which was sunk and resting on the bottom of the
A general view of Wadi Ghessina, Tobruk, in which Headquarters 26th Infantry Brigade was established.
The destroyer HMAS Waterhen (left) towing the British hospital ship Vita to an anchorage about two miles outside the entrance to Tobruk harbour. The Vita had been attacked and badly damaged by German
VX15648 Captain Edwin Peter Tivey, relaxing in the Officers’ Quarters at Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade near Tobruk.
