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LIBYA, 1941-02. WADI DERNA, A DEEP AND WIDE NATURAL OBSTACLE IN THE DEFENCES OF DERNA WHERE THE 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AIF, MET STRONG RESISTANCE FROM THE ITALIAN DEFENDERS.
DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-01. TROOPS OF 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVE ACROSS THE FLAT BARE PLAIN DURING THE ADVANCE ON THE ITALIAN HELD TOWN OF DERNA. THEY WERE EXPOSED TO HEAVY FIRE FROM A STRON
DERNA,LIBYA. 1941-01-30. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND MINES FROM THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE BY THE INFANTRY. (DONATED BY LADY MACKAY).
DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-01. TROOPS OF THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WERE FORCED TO GROUND BY ENEMY (ITALIAN) FIRE WHILE ADVANCING ACROSS THE AIRSTRIP AT DERNA. DAMIEN PARER, AN OFFICIAL CINEMATO
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
WADY DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-01. THE 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THE DESERT NEAR WADY DERNA. CAPTURED ITALIAN TRUCKS AND TRAILERS WERE USED ON THE DESERT SUPPLY LINES. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFF
Derna, Libya. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS REMOVING LAND-MINES, THAT WERE BEFORE THE OUTER DEFENCES OF DERNA, JUST PRIOR TO THE ADVANCE OF THE INFANTRY.
