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Photograph 020484 Second World War, 1939-1945This member of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion found time to write a letter home from the front line, Tobruk.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A hammock swung between two piles of rocks and sandbags was the temporary home for this member of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion.
This member of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion found time to write a letter home from the front line, Tobruk.

Under the shelter provided by this rock formation in the side of a wadi, these two members of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion are writing letters home.

CAIRNS, QLD. 1943-08-01. VX46698 PRIVATE (PTE) G. E. MOORE (1) OF THE 2/23RD BATTALION, 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, TRIES OUT HIS HAMMOCK WHILE VX61025 PTE J. E. LYNCH (2) AND VX124472 PTE C. BO

These two members of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion, sitting outside their dugout in a forward area, writing letters home.

TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. A GOAL BEING SCORED FOR MEMBERS OF 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF AN INTER-BATTALION BASKET BALL MATCH BETWEEN MEMBERS OF 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION AND

Even in the front line Australian soldiers shave every day, if possible, and this member of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion is no exception.
