The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SCENE AT EL IMAYID WATER POINT. FILLING TWO-GALLON TINS WITH WATER FOR TRANSPORT TO TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA OVER 20 MILES AWAY.
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. FILLING A WATER-TANK ON A TRUCK FROM THE STANDPIPE AT THE EL IMAYID WATER POINT. WATER FOR THE TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED MORE THAN 20 MILES FROM TH
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SCENE AT THE EL IMAYID WATERING POINT. WATER TINS OF THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE ARE BEING FILLED. THE TINS WERE ORIGINALLY TWO-GALLON PETROL TINS.
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. FILLING DRUMS AND TINS WITH WATER AT THE EL IMAYID WATER POINT. STRICT SUPERVISION OF THE ISSUE OF WATER WAS MADE OWING TO ITS EXTREME SCARCITY AND THE LONG DISTANCES OVE
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. 45-GALLON DRUMS OF WATER AT EL IMAYID WATER POINT.
EL IMAYID, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SCENE AT THE EL IMAYID WATERING POINT. CARRYING EMPTY TINS TO BE FILLED. WATER IS A MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN THE DESERT AND IS STRINGENTLY RATIONED.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-20. TRUCKS AT THE WATER-POINT AT EL IMAYID, ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF EL ALAMEIN.
