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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. TWIN ITALIAN MACHINE GUN LYING BURNT OUT NEAR TEL EL EISA STATION. THIS POSITION WAS CAPTURED BY "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AFTER FOUR SEPARATE ATTEMPTS ON 23RD JULY, 1942.
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. GROUP OF MEN OF "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING A CAPTURED ITALIAN MADE BREDA MODEL 37 8MM MACHINE GUN CAPTURED IN THE CUTTING, WHERE THEY
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. SCENE IN THE RAILWAY CUTTING NEAR TEL EL EISA. LIEUTENANT N.E. MCMASTER, ACTING OFFICER COMMANDING "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (RIGHT) HOLDING A B
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. SIGNALMAN H.P. CLARK WORKING IN THE RAILWAY CUTTING JUST WEST OF TEL EL EISA. THIS CUTTING WAS THE SCENE OF BITTER FIGHTING AND ON 1942-07-23, "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTR
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. LIEUTENANT H. GRAY OF "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WRITING HOME IN THE CUTTING JUST WEST OF TEL EL EISA CAPTURED BY HIS COMPANY AFTER BITTER FIGHT
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. GUN CREW OF 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION, ATTACHED TO 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, IN THEIR CAMOUFLAGED GUN POSITION.
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. LIEUTENANT F. HERBERTSON (WITH FACE ENMESHED IN NET) PAYING MEN OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION IN THEIR GUN POSITION WEST OF TEL EL EISA.
