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Photograph 024580 Second World War, 1939-1945WESTERN 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.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. ROAD SIGN ON THE WESTERN DESERT ROAD BETWEEN MERSA MATRUH AND ALEXANDRIA.
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.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-19. OVERTURNED TRUCK AT THE MERSA MATRUH-CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA ROAD JUNCTION.

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. 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. 1942-07-19. ROAD SIGNS ON THE MERSA MATRUH-ALEXANDRIA ROAD TO THE WESTERN DESERT. THE CENTRE SIGN IS INTENDED FOR THOSE TRAVELLING FROM THE FORWARD AREAS TO THE REAR, THE RIGHTH
