The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An underground dressing station in the desert of El Alamein, camoflagued with ground sheets. A plume of smoke rises in the distance.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-14. VIEW OF RAILWAY HALT AT EL SHAMMAMA, A FEW MILES WEST OF EL ALAMEIN. DURING THE HEAVY FIGHTING IN THIS SECTOR IN 1942-07 TO 1942-08, THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBU
Vaulx-Noreuil Road, France, 1917-05-06. A motorcar and a wagon stand on the dirt road where an Australian Advanced Dressing Station has been set up to receive casualties from the Second Battle of Bull
EL ALAMEIN AREA, WESTERN DESERT (EGYPT). C.1942-10. ADVANCED DRESSING STATION WITH A FIELD AMBULANCE PARKED OUTSIDE.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SIGN ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD, EAST OF EL ALAMEIN, DENOTING THAT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IS UNDERGROUND. THE SOIL DISTURBED BY THE BOMB ON ENTERING THE GROUND
A plume of black smoke rises from the waters off the island of Guadalcanal from a downed Japanese aircraft.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-11-05. LONG DISTANCE VIEW OF EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION, SHOWING TRAFFIC & NEW LINES. INDIAN SABOUNES HAVE CONSTRUCTED THREE ADDITIONAL BRANCH A LOOP LINES AT THE STATION I
