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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-07. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS BUYING GOODS FROM THEIR UNIT CANTEEN IN THE FORWARD AREA. DISPLAY FACILITIES ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THE TWO APPENDAGES ON TOP OF THE CAR ARE STEEL TRACKS USED TO PLACE UNDER THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE "BOGGED" IN THE LOOSE SAND.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-21. VISIT OF GENERAL OF SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (M.E.) TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN EL ALAMEIN SECTOR. ESCORTING ARMOURED CAR IN A BIT OF BOTHER IN THE LOOSE
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-30. MOBILE CANTEEN SERVING GOODS AT HEADQUARTERS, 20TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, ON THE COAST NEAR EL ALAMEIN.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-23. GROUP OF SERGEANTS CONDUCTING CANTEENS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE IN THE FORWARD AREAS OF THE WESTERN DESERT.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08. STORES DUMP OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICES IN FORWARD AREA, EL ALAMEIN.
A bogged armoured car of the 1st Armoured Car Battery, which was operating on the western frontier of Egypt, against the Senussi, being pulled out of the sand over de-ditching boards.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-28. MOBILE CANTEEN TRUCK OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE OPERATING IN THE FORWARD AREA WEST OF EL ALAMEIN. THESE MOBILE TRUCKS PLY UP AND DOWN THE REAR OF THE BAT
