The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
VX16434 Sergeant John Richard (Jack) Oates of the 5th Field Unit, Military History and Information Section constructing his “Home” after the Unit had “moved in” to Tobruk.
This photograph was taken soon after the Military History and Information Section’s (MH and IS) 5th Field Unit had moved in to Tobruk. VX16434 Sergeant John Richard Oates, clerk of the Unit is seen a
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT J.R. OATES, & LANCE SERGEANT E.E. SMITH, OF NO5 FIELD UNIT. MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION.
NO. 5 UNIT, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION AT REAR HEADQUARTERS 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT, ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF EL ALAMEIN. IN FRONT OF TENT ARE LEFT TO R
KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1943-01. PERSONNEL OF MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION WAITING OUTSIDE THEIR HUT FOR ORDERS TO MOVE TO A STAGING CAMP IN EGYPT PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA. LEFT
Portrait of Sergeant Raymond Alexander Dennett, a cinematographer with No. 5 Field Unit, Military History and Information Section.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. SERGEANT W.D. MARTIN, OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF NO5 FIELD UNIT MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION.
