020693 Accession Number: 020693

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Men of the Army Service Corps, 9th Division, were used as infantrymen for a long period and guarded the rugged east coast sector of Tobruk where the perimeter met the Mediterranean in a series of deep and narrow wadis. The men manned former Italian concrete posts. Tom Fletcher, probably from 2/32nd Battalion, is in the foreground, looking down on Wadi Zeitun.

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Accession Number
020693
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
25 September 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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