P00749.003
Photograph P00749.003 Second World War, 1939-1945CYRENAICA, LIBYA. 1941-03-18. AUSTRALIANS OF THE 9TH DIVISION AIF 'DIG IN' AT EL GAZALA. HOLES ABOUT 6 INCHES DEEP WERE SCRATCHED OUT IN THE HARD, STONY GROUND. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MERSA MATRUH, EGYPT, 1941-03-14. SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH DIVISION AIF, TIRED AND DIRTY AFTER THEIR TRAIN JOURNEY FROM PALESTINE, STANDING IN SMALL GROUPS AWAITING ALLOTMENT OF SLEEPING QUARTERS. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)
CYRENAICA, LIBYA. 1941-03-18. AUSTRALIANS OF THE 9TH DIVISION AIF 'DIG IN' AT EL GAZALA. HOLES ABOUT 6 INCHES DEEP WERE SCRATCHED OUT IN THE HARD, STONY GROUND. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)

TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. WHERE THE GROUND WAS TOO STONY TO DIG, 'SANGARS' WERE BUILT THIS ONE WAS THE HOME OF LIEUTENANT J. HERRICK, 9TH DIVISION SIGNALS AIF DURING THE SIEGE. (DONOR LIEUTENANT J. HERRICK

TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. ENTRANCE TO UNDERGROUND QUARTERS OCCUPIED BY THE 'RATS OF TOBRUK'. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)

LIBYA, 1941-03-18. THE RUINED FORT CAPUZZO NEAR THE LIBYAN/EGYPT BORDER AFTER HEAVY BOMBARDMENT BY SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. (DONOR LT. J. HERRICK)

TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1941. LIEUTENANT COLONEL DON VERON, CO 9TH DIVISIONAL SIGNALS AIF. STANDING BESIDE SOME OF THE MISSILES FIRED INTO OR DROPPED ON TOBRUK. (DONOR LIEUTENANT. J. HERRICK)

The sketch depicts several groups of uniformed soldiers standing in the courtyard at Smith Barracks in Acre, Palestine (now 'Akko, Israel). Herbert was appointed official war artist in February 1941.