Australian 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

Australians in Africa

Australian gunners from the 4th Royal Australian Field Artillery Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, firing at Japanese positions from a shortened version of a British 25-pounder gun in the region of Balikpapan, on the island of Borneo, in the Dutch East Indies (future Indonesia).

Shelling the enemy


16 December 1942. Gona. The three Chapman brothers of South Australia, who all joined the 2/27th Infantry Battalion, pause for a break just after the fall of Gona. Left to right: SX12357 Private Maxwell Maurice Chapman; SX12689 Private Desmond Chapman; and SX10196 Private Raymond Chapman.
They survived the war.
taken from fb/alex de groot


