020138 Accession Number: 020138

Description

VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, CBE, DSO, ED, Commanding 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, and party, including NX396 Lieutenant Colonel William John Victor Windeyer DSO, ED, Commanding 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, moving through the barbed wire entanglements during an inspection of the 26th Australian Infantry Brigade area near Tobruk.

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Accession Number
020138
Photographer
John S Cumpston
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c April 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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