The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This carrier is speeding on its way into “No Man’s Land” to support a fighting patrol of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion from Post 32 in the El Adem Sector.
NX378 Lieutenant Colonel John Wilson Crawford E.D. (later Brigadier, accidentally killed in Australia 7 March 1943), Commanding Officer of 2/17th Infantry Battalion, watching, from Post 32 in the El A
Officers of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion at Post 32, in the El Adem Sector, scan the section for signs of a patrol affray taking place about 1,000 yards out. In the background can be seen a crow’s n
One of the Italian light field guns which the enemy used to support infantry attacks. This particular gun is one of a battery of six manned by converted infantry drawn from 2/17th Infantry Battalion
Scene in an Advanced Regimental Aid Post near Tobruk. The soldier on the stretcher is having a splint applied at the 2/17th Infantry Battalion’s Regimental Aid Post in the El Adem Sector. NX12279 Ca
A Bren carrier from 2/17th Infantry Battalion setting out to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s Land”.
A Bren carrier operated by men from the 2/17th Infantry Battalion swirling through thick dust to engage an enemy party in “No Man’s Land”.
