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A vertical aerial photograph of the Western Desert. It is captioned 'BA.40.NT.29/30-10-42. F8" --> 6000' Battle Area' and annotated 'The 15th Panzer division at El Alamein'.

A vertical aerial photograph of the battle of Alamein. A road is visible and low hills. It is captioned 'FA.40.NT/ 3/4/11/42 f 8" --> 5800' Battle Area' and annotated 'Burning transport', 'Coast Road' and 'More Burning Transport'.

Two photographs from an album.
A vertical aerial photograph of a burning aircraft at LG 18, Western Desert. It is captioned 'BJ 40.NT 9/10 /10/42 8" --> 7500' LG18'.
Photo 2 is an airman standing outside a tent.

A vertical aerial photograph of the battle area at El Alamein. Much of the detail is obscured by a flash. It is captioned 'B.A.40 NT 1/2/11/42.8-->6500.Battle Area' and annotated 'Battle Area. A flash illuminates the road and railway'.

A vertical aerial photograph of the coast at El Alamein. Two tracer lights cross the photo. It is captioned 'BA. 40. NT 1/2 /11/42 8" --> 6000. Battle Area' and annotated 'The Beach' and 'The Mediterranean', identifying bands of light and dark.

A vertical aerial photograph of bombing in the desert. It is captioned '[indecipherable] BA.40 NT 24/25-10-42. 8" -->8,500 862 300 855 290' and annotated 'A stick of bombs across enemy transport at El Alamein. One fire under way'.

Seven b/w photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an airman identified as Donald Sharp standing outside a tent.
Photo 2 is a view across tents to the lake and a smokey steamship.
Photo 3 is a man standing outside a tent, captioned 'Our Tent'.
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Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a street scene.
Photo 2 is HMS 'Sagitta' at Suez.
Photo 3 is a sunset at Suez port.

Two photographs from an album.
One man serving.

Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two airmen in khaki and shorts standing outside a hut.
Photo 2 is an airman sitting at a desk, captioned 'S/Ldr Booth the skipper'.
Photo 3 and 4 are a man sitting on a motorbike. One is identified as Wag…

Five photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 4 are bridges over the Nile.
Photo 2 is a view across the river.
Photo 3 and 5 are head and shoulders of Sam.

Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Wag and Len walking along a street.
Photo 2 is a car on a street.
Photo 3 is an open air cafe.
Photo 4 is a group mainly squatting on the pavement, captioned 'Boot Blacks (Shoe shine Captain George?)'.

Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 3 are street scenes.
Photo 2 is a mosque.
Photo 4 is the causeway to Tewfik.

Four photographs from an album.
Photos 1 and 2 are street scenes in the French colony at Suez.
Photos 3 and 4 are the swimming pool and swimming carnival.

Eight photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three airmen outside their quarters at Shaluffa, captioned 'Len Clark, WAG, Me.'
Photo 2 is Sam sitting at a desk smoking a pipe, captioned 'Me'.
Photo 3 is four airmen outside their quarters, captioned…

Seven photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two airmen standing under the port engine of a Wellington, captioned 'Sgt Smith and North'.
Photo 2 is a Wellington in flight, captioned ' "N" for Nuts'.
Photo 3 is an airman sitting on the ground,…

View of the three rear decks of a liner covered with dense crowds of people. Captioned 'Crowded stern of Louis Pasteur'.

Single funnel liner on canal with trees on bank on right. Captioned 'The Louis Pasteur in the canal'.

Left - small boats in water. Middle - on the left men lining deck, in centre a waterway with small boats and barge to right. Other ships in the background. Right - three boats with merchandise alongside a ship. Caption at bottom 'The "Wogs" - Port…

On the left a man looking over ship's railing. To the right a canal with bank and sand beyond. Captioned 'In the Suez Canal'.

In the foreground a barge with gangplanks leading up to ship beyond. Men walking up and down gangplanks. Captioned '"Wogs" coaling up ship - Port Said'

Two photographs from slightly different angles of a large building with three domes on a promontory surrounded by water. There is a mast at the right side. and small boats in front. Captioned 'Customs House - Port Said'

Two dhows with sails set moving to left with small steamer beyond. Captioned 'Dhows Port Said'.

A small boat with short masts moving to right with bank of canal beyond. Statue of a man on bank level with bow of boat. Captioned 'Pilot Ship - Port Said'.

Dhow will sails set moving to left. Captioned 'Native Dhow in the Suez Canal'