9th Division (Australia)
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The 9th Division was a division of the Australian Army that served during World War II. It was the fourth division raised for the Second Australian Imperial Force. The distinctions of the division inc
Members of the 9th Division parade at Gaza Airport in late 1942
Australian troops using captured Italian tanks
A patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion at Tobruk (AWM 020779)
Guns of the 2/8th Field Regiment at El Alamein in July 1942 (AWM 024515)
Siege of Tobruk
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The siege of Tobruk took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War. An Allied force, consisting mostly of the 9th Australian Division, com
9th Division (Australia)
…9th Division were sent to the UK to defend it against a possible German invasion. After serving during 1941–1942 in the North African campaign, at the Siege of Tobruk and both the First and Second Battles of El Alamein, the 9th Division returned to Australia. In 1943–1944, it served in the New Guinea campaign and…
Soldiers of the victorious Allied armies (from left to right): Polish, British, Indian, Australian, and Czechoslovak
Australian troops occupy a front line position at Tobruk
One of many Italian convoys heading towards North Africa
Italian troops and arms on their way to Tobruk 1941