Stuka - German dive bomber

Wireless Telegraphy Van improvised

Interior of our Wireless/Telegraphy Van No 11 Set Click on the picture above to hear 12 words a minute morse code, then close the window The coded *.wav file was supplied by WebNet77 Morse Code was the primary means of communication. The extract below looks like the dots and dashes second below

The Rats of Tobruk Motto “NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT” resulted in the first loss for the German War Machine and was the turning point of World War

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Enemy trenches, forward defence line Thompson’s Post

Signal Office and Command Post – Our Wireless/Telegraphy position on left, bombing in background

German anti-tank gun 88mm high velocity

Infantry Tank well down in the salt pan, the pan has a hard salty crust covering a soft bed of clay

Knocked out German tank, El Rahman battlefield where British tanks broke through 2/11/1942

Grave yard at Tobruk

Anti-aircraft gun, Tobruk 1941

German prisoners, battle of El Alamein Oct 1942

Valentine tank, going into action morning of 22/7/1942

Going into action

Tanks moving up to 26th Brigade positions 28/10/42

Signaller, Cecil Anderson, Sig. Operations

Signaller, Cecil Anderson netted in during 2/32nd attack

Moving up to 26th Brigade positions Oct 42

Our Wireless/Telegraphy operator (K.I.A) Killed in Action RIP

9th Division concert party, a brown mat of shirts and hats

Boxing tournament on board troop ship “Queen Mary”

Bombed oil dump

Tobruk harbour beach

On board troop ship “Queen Mary” leaving Sydney Harbour 20/10/40


Xmas dinner 1942, General Morshead inspecting