Australian troops occupy a front line position at Tobruk. Between April and December 1941


On the front line

An Australian Armed Forces Photographic Unit examines the wreck of an Italian fighter Fiat CR.42 crashed at Sollum, Egypt, during the British advance to Bardia, end December 1940. Note the wing and the tail insignias already taken away by the souvenirs hunters. Victor Sierra

Italian fighter and Australian Photographic Unit

Four unidentified soldiers standing on their Ford prime movers, which are attached to the 24th, Australian Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), 9th Australian Infantry Division. The vehicles are seven ton 4x4 General Service semi-trailer tractors, which have all have been fitted with Marmon Herrington all-wheel-drive kits. They are possibly transporting panel bridging equipment. The two outer trucks are 1939 models, the centre truck is a 1941 model, Army Registration Number AIF LX3169.  Syria c 1941 - 1942