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Photograph 024797 Second World War, 1939-1945WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-08. REINFORCEMENT TROOPS OF NO. 3 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT FIRING A 6-POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN AT PRACTICE NEAR THE LAGOON AT EL ALAMEIN.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Western Desert, Egypt. 27 October 1942. Concrete tank obstacle on a sand spit near the sea at el Alamein.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-08. REINFORCEMENT TROOPS OF NO. 3 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT FIRING A 6-POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN AT PRACTICE NEAR THE LAGOON AT EL ALAMEIN.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08. VIEW OF ONE OF THE TANKS DISABLED BY AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK GUNNERS NEAR EL ALAMEIN.

EL ALAMEIN AREA, WESTERN DESERT (EGYPT). C.1942-10. CONFERENCE OF UNIT COMMANDERS GATHERED AROUND A LARGE SAND MAP AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF 20TH BRIGADE BEFORE THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN.

Western Desert, Egypt. 5 November 1942. A tank advancing at speed during the Battle of El Alamein.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-07. WRECKED HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE DOWN IN THE SEA NEAR EL ALAMEIN. NOTE PORTIONS OF WRECKAGE WASHED ON TO THE ROCKS.

EL ALAMEIN AREA, WESTERN DESERT (EGYPT). C.1942-10. A SHERMAN M4A1 MEDIUM TANK MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT.
