242161082_4415757855176328_2645350808937049902_n.jpg
242171427_4415758188509628_5057918061434829054_n.jpg
242174181_4415758325176281_2669108954227012960_n.jpg
242176203_4415757755176338_6169922955951787828_n.jpg
 
Sergeant Clifford Brown of the Somerset Light Infantry quenches his thirst with other members of his platoon during the attack on Mont Pinçon in France, 7th August 1944.

242181376_6033584443382018_2999889875731536866_n.jpg
 
Tunisia 1943 - Under cover of trees, men of a reconnaissance unit of the 78th division rest by their Bren carriers and Scout cars.

241334558_4962278893787748_5489526384851638430_n.jpg
 
An Air Force Liaison Officer (nearest camera) receiving a call from a Supermarine Spitfire about a target. The information is passed to the gunnery officer standing in the pit behind.

241218637_4962279037121067_1841914799586337663_n.jpg
 
Searchlight overlooking the pontoon Bailey bridge over the River Po is erected by the Royal Artillery. 30 April 1945.
Source: IWM

241676371_6028201227253673_1553168276373572755_n.jpg
 
WWII. New Guinea Campaign. 22 September 1943. Commandos of the 2/6th Independent Company (Australia) at the graves of their comrades who were killed during the raid on Kaiapit. (L-R) Private L. J. Baker, Private A. J. Thompson and Private S. G. Fisher. Photo by Lieutenant Norman Stuckey. [AWM 057504]

241971708_4702265793139789_578779398072197043_n.jpg
 
Infantrymen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Canadian Army) drawing water from a well near Laren, Netherlands, 6 April 1945.

241933816_6022931397780656_5304622343432127299_n.jpg
 
WWII. East African Campaign. 1941. Hobok Fort in Abyssinia falls to the South African 1st Infantry Division.

241433273_4700184740014561_678220660500454149_n.jpg
 
WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Australian Commando - 2/6th Independent Company - Sergeant W. R. Twohill.
Painted by William Dargie in December 1942, oil on canvas.
[ART26049]

241975081_4699497136749988_8779196678309847744_n.jpg
 
General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, inspects a Bofors anti tank gun of the New Zealand Patrol at a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) parade in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken on 5 October 1941.

241713537_6007073332699796_9213711139684300503_n.jpg
 
WWII. New Guinea Campaign. October 1942. A Japanese soldier captured near Nauro, Kokoda. This soldier suffered starvation, like many Japanese soldiers during their withdrawal over the Kokoda Track. He is being cared for by an Australian stretcher bearer. Photo by WO1 Thomas Fisher. [AWM 026824]

241351794_4683107261722309_2851636303407291564_n.jpg
 
WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Buna–Gona. 1 January 1943. Fighting during the final assault on Buna. Australian machine gunners in action around 5:30pm. (L-R) Corporal Charles Knight (KIA), Private John Senior behind the Vickers gun and Sergeant G.C. Lowe. Photo by George Silk. [AWM 014037]

241712068_4686345651398470_2686637503649573681_n.jpg
 

Similar threads

Back
Top