The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. CONSTRUCTION OF TANK TRAP ON THE MERSA MATRUH-ALEXANDRIA ROAD. AT THIS POINT THE DITCH OF THE TRAP IS TRAVERSED BY A ROADWAY AND IN ORDER TO OBSTRUCT USE OF THE ROAD BY ENEMY FORCES, A CONCRETE CAUSEWAY IS MADE WITH HOLES PROVIDED, AS SEEN IN THIS PICTURE, INTO WHICH STEEL OR CONCRETE STUMPS, SET AT VARYING ANGLES, ARE PLACED WHEN ENEMY PENETRATION IS IMMINENT.
Western Desert, Egypt. 18 July 1942. Excavator at work on the construction of a tank trap near the Alexandria-Mersa Matruh road about 20 miles from Alexandria. Some idea of the depth of the ditch of t
Western Desert, Egypt. 20 July 1942. Excavator at work on the tank- trap on the Mersa Matruh-Alexandria road, about 25 miles west of Alexandria. This work is being carried out by Royal Engineers with
Western Desert, Egypt. 18 July 1942. View of drag-line excavator at work on the construction of a tank trap near the Alexandria-Mersa Matruh road about 20 miles from Alexandria.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. CONSTRUCTING A TANK TRAP WITH THE AID OF THE DRAG-LINE EXCAVATOR ON RIGHT. THE PALM TREES IN THE BACKGROUND, LINE THE MERSA MATRUH-ALEXANDRIA ROAD ABOUT 20 MILES FRO
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SIGN ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD, EAST OF EL ALAMEIN, DENOTING THAT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IS UNDERGROUND. THE SOIL DISTURBED BY THE BOMB ON ENTERING THE GROUND
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. ROAD SIGNS ON THE WESTERN DESERT ROAD BETWEEN MERSA MATRUH & ALEXANDRIA. THE INSCRIPTION ON THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT IS IN ARABIC.
