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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. VIEW OF MEN OF "A" COMPANY, 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, IN THE RAILWAY CUTTING TAKEN FROM THE GERMANS AFTER BITTER FIGHTING ON 1942-07-23. WHEN TAKEN IT WAS HELD BY 2 OFFICERS AND 10 MEN FOR 10 HOURS UNTIL REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED. NOTE THE WATER TINS IN LEFT BOTTOM CORNER.
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. 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. 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. 1942-07. An enemy field gun abandoned near the railway station. Bitter fighting had taken place in this area before the enemy retreated.
TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. MEN OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION MANNING A VICKERS MACHINE GUN AT THE TEL EL EISA RAILWAY CUTTING. PRIVATE A. STARKEY IS IN THE FIRING POSITION, THE OT
