An Australian army officer interrogates Japanese soldiers captured during the fighting in Papua New Guinea. Standing watch over the proceedings are armed Papuan scouts.

Questioning POWs

Soldiers of the 9th Australian Infantry Division at the ready with a captured Italian Cannone da 47/32 mod. 47 mm anti-tank gun.  The photo was taken during the battles at El Alamein, Egypt, 1942.  
  The Cannone da 47/32 mod. 1935 was an Italian artillery piece, that was used both as an infantry gun and an anti-tank gun; it was effective against lightly armored tanks.

Aussies in North Africa

Australian gunners fire from a 57 mm anti-tank gun (QF 6 pounder 7 cwt) in the Libyan desert. 1942.