024944 Accession Number: 024944

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Men of 2/24 Field Park Company (formerly 2/4 Field Park Company), Royal Australian Engineers, dragging a rubber dinghy ashore at El Alamein. When first seen, these men were thought to be the crew of a crashed bomber. After the picture was taken, it became clear that the men had merely returned from a fishing expedition.

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Accession Number
024944
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
4 September 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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