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Photograph 020781 Second World War, 1939-1945On the alert for signs of booby traps and mines this patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion moved cautiously across this tank ditch in the area near Tobruk.

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This patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion makes its way cautiously over open ground in the area near Tobruk.
On the alert for signs of booby traps and mines this patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion moved cautiously across this tank ditch in the area near Tobruk.

A patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion making its way through a gap in the barbed wire entanglements protecting its Unit position in Tobruk.

Keeping close to the safety tape guiding them through mine fields, this patrol from 2/13th Infantry Battalion was photographed as it made its way across a stony section in the area.

A small patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion waiting in a tank ditch for a favourable opportunity to go further into “NO MAN’S LAND” near Tobruk.

With fingers on the triggers of their weapons, a patrol from 7RAR emerges in single file from the jungle and makes its way warily across an open sandy area. The men are taking part in an operation in

A fighting patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion advancing through “NO MAN”S – LAND” near Tobruk. He troops are following a tape through a mine field.
