The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Entrance to the “Senussi Hospital”. This was a concrete cave constructed in a wadi on the eastern side of Tobruk harbour. Italians had concreted the roof when Australians captured the area. British and Australian members of the Army Service Corps worked during the summer of 1941 to develop it for use as a supply store.
The small freight train crawling up the steep incline leading to the Senussi storage caves on the eastern side of Tobruk Harbour. Another train is seen in the background approaching the cave entrance
This photograph was taken from the entrance to “Senussi Hospital”. It shows the type of country in which the cave, later used as a supply store, was constructed.
An explosion during blasting operations in a wadi on the eastern side of Tobruk Harbour to clear a road for access to a railway line.
An explosion during blasting operations in a wadi on the eastern side of Tobruk Harbour to clear a road for access to a railway line.
A section of troops who worked in “Senussi Hospital” cave. A light railway line is being laid for the transport of supplies from the road which leads to within 400 yards of the cave.
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. THE MAIN DRESSING STATION DUG INTO THE SIDE OF A WADI IN THE PILASTRINO AREA. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)
