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Photograph MEC1177 Second World War, 1939-1945Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt. c. 1943. View of Mersa Matruh.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT. C.1941. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED IN THE WESTERN DESERT IN A COMPOUND SEEN THROUGH THE BARBED WIRE PERIMETER.
Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt. c. 1943. View of Mersa Matruh.

MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT. 1942-11. A GERMAN 150 MM sFH18 MEDIUM HOWITZER USED IN THE WESTERN DESERT CAMPAIGN AND CAPTURED DURING THE RECENT BRITISH ADVANCE.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA. THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.

MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT. 1942-11. A 210MM GERMAN GUN OUTSIDE MERSA MATRUH CAPTURED IN THE BRITISH ADVANCE OF RECENT WEEKS.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. ROAD SIGN ON THE WESTERN DESERT ROAD BETWEEN MERSA MATRUH AND ALEXANDRIA.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. OVERTURNED TRUCK AT THE MERSA MATRUH-CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA ROAD JUNCTION.
