024827 Accession Number: 024827

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-12. 25-POUNDER GUNS OF "C" TROOP, 2/8TH FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY PUTTING DOWN A HARRASSING FIRE ON GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE COASTAL SECTOR, EL ALAMEIN, ON THE AFTERNOON OF 1942-08-12. THESE CAMOUFLAGED GUNS ARE SITED ON THE SAND DUNES NEXT TO THE SEA.

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024827
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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