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Photograph 020386 Second World War, 1939-1945An explosion during blasting operations in a wadi on the eastern side of Tobruk Harbour to clear a road for access to a railway line.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.

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

Smoke rising from the explosion of a bomb dropped by an enemy plane during a late afternoon raid on Tobruk harbour.

General view of the wadi housing the Headquarters of the 2/23rd Battalion near the front line, Tobruk. Dugouts may be seen on either side.

Unidentified Australian troops, on their way to the front line, marching along the road just beyond the Menin Gate. On the right side of the road is the light railway line that was used for transport

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
