The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-06. PRISONERS WALKING ALONG TOWARDS EL ALAMEIN WHILE OUR ARMIES STREAM WESTWARD AFTER THE AXIS FORCES. THESE POOR BEGGERS HAD TO WALK. NO ONE (NOT EVEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER) WOULD STOP TO PICK THEM UP & DRIVE THEM TO THE PRISONER OF WAR CAGE. SEVERAL OF THESE GROUPS HAILED PASSING VEHICLES, ASKING TO BE ARRESTED. THE ONLY REPLIES THEY GOT WERE RUDE AUSTRALIANS OF "V FOR VICTORY". ALEXANDRIA" "THATA WAY".
Western Desert, Egypt. 8 November 1942. Enemy landing grounds from El Alamein to Fuka are littered with aircraft. They were wrecked by the Allied Air Forces in their few weeks' onslaught of non-stop r
Western Desert, Egypt. 6 November 1942. Bombs score a direct hit among vehicles in an enemy convoy at a road junction between Daba and Fuka as the Allied Air Forces continue to pound Rommel's retreati
Western Desert, Egypt. 8 November 1942. Enemy landing grounds from El Alamein to Fuka are littered with aircraft. They were wrecked by the Allied Air Forces in their few weeks' onslaught of non-stop r
An informal group portrait of a Section of men from 7 Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), standing near an armoured truck, with the British Army Registration Numbe
Reinforced concrete walls and brickwork of this building were blown out and crumpled by explosions of bombs dropped by Allied aircraft in their non-stop attacks on the town. This photograph was taken
Reinforced concrete walls and brickwork of this building were blown out and crumpled by explosions of bombs dropped by Allied aircraft in their non-stop attacks on the town. This photograph was taken
