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Photograph 021158 Second World War, 1939-1945The scene on the wharf after men of the 9th Division landed at a Middle Eastern port after their evacuation from Tobruk by units of the Royal Navy.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men of the 9th Australian Division disembarking in Alexandria after evacuation from Tobruk by vessels of the Royal Navy.
The scene on the wharf after men of the 9th Division landed at a Middle Eastern port after their evacuation from Tobruk by units of the Royal Navy.

Men of the 9th Division disembarking at a Middle East port. They had just been evacuated from Tobruk by units of the Royal Navy.

Relieved after months of grim fighting in the defense of Tobruk, these Australian soldiers are shown disembarking in Alexandria from a ship of the Royal Navy.

Members of the 24th Infantry Brigade lining the decks of a Royal Navy light cruiser after their evacuation from Tobruk to Alexandria.

This ship of the Royal Navy, berthed in Alexandria, took part in the evacuation of Australian troops from Tobruk.

A sleep in the sunshine was the reward for these Australians of the 9th Division during their evacuation from Tobruk to other Middle Eastern ports by units of the Royal Navy.
