Australia & New Zealand

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A squadron of Bren gun carriers, manned by the Australian Light Cavalry, rolls through the Egyptian desert in January of 1941. The troops performed maneuvers in preparation for the Allied campaign in North Africa.

 

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Australian troops approach a German-held strong point under the protection of a heavy smoke screen somewhere in the Western Desert, in Northern Africa on November 27, 1942.

 

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Australian troops string out behind tanks in a practice advance over North African sands, on January 3, 1941. The supporting infantry is spread out thinly as a precaution against air raids.

 

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One of the Bren gun carriers used by Australian light horse troops in Northern Africa, on January 7, 1941.

 

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Miss Jean Pitcaithy, a nurse with a New Zealand Hospital Unit stationed in Libya, wears goggles to protect her against whipping sands, on June 18, 1942.

 

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Thread with cleanup of broken images. -

 

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RAAF Liberator waist gunners.-

 

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Maintenance on the ball turret of a Royal Australian Air Force B-24 Liberator.

 

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Australian soldier loading a 6” field gun

 

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Australian army recruits under training at the Army Physical Training School in Brisbane, 22 Sept 1942.

 

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This australian soldiers and a Papuan guide show off a captured Type 92 Battalion Gun and a Type 1 Juki heavy machine gun following the Battle of Oivi-Gorari, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. 23 nov 1942.

 

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"The Seat of the Army"
This 9th Division Corporal shows off the type of field latrine used by australian troop in front line positions at Tobruk. With typical Australian humour it was nicknamed "The seat of the Army".

Designed for use on the sandier parts of the desert, the digger would take a small shovel and dig a hole and place the "seat" over it and complete his task. Careful choice of your boghole's position was necessary to avoid detection by snipers and air attack.

 

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An australian soldier re-christens Alamein station, 14 Aug 1942.

 

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Cleaning broken images.

 

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Australian soldiers pose alongside several Japanese helmets buried in a mass grave. New Guinea, Nov 1942.

 

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Australian soldiers are keeping guard of captured germans.

 

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New Zealand soldiers recapture a Matilda tank previously captured by the Germans, and take prisoner its German crew. It had been knocked out by an anti-tank gun after an attempt to break through Allied lines, North Africa, 3 December 1941.

 

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Men of the 28th Maori Battalion make their way forward near Rimini, Italy, in the New Zealand sector of the Adriatic front, 19th of October 1944.

 

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Australian troops fire a Vickers machine gun at Japanese positions after the Allied amphibious landings at Balikpapan, Borneo, July 1945.

 

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Leyte Island, Philippines. 8 Jan 1945. The first Australian flag to reach the Philippines is draped at ‘Australia House’, the residence of war correspondents.