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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-05. A HALT FOR MORNING TEA DURING MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S TOUR OF THE BATTLE AREA OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN THE EL ALAMEIN SECTOR. MR. CHURCHILL, WITH WALKING STICK, IS SEEN TALKING TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL W.H.C. RAMSDEN, COMMANDING XXX CORPS. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING A.I.F. (ME) IS BEHIND MR. CHURCHILL, WHILE A PHOTOGRAPHER OF NO. 5 FIELD UNIT, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION IS ABOUT TO BRING HIS CAMERA INTO ACTION.
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Colour: Black & white
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