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Photograph - FRED CARLETON 2/23RD ALBUM, Alamein and the Western Desert

  • 9775.01P. Western Desert Alamein. Coffee with the Salvos truck Alamein front.

    9775.01P Western Desert Alamein. Coffee with the Salvos truck Alamein front.

  • 9775.02P Western Desert Alamein One of the many lonely white crosses one keeps stumbling on this one of an unknown South African soldier

    9775.02P. Western Desert Alamein. One of the many lonely white crosses one keeps stumbling apon, this one of an unknown South African soldier

  • 9775.03P Western Desert Alamein At work constructing my dugout El Alamein

    9775.03P Western Desert Alamein. At work constructing my dugout El Alamein.

  • 9775.05P Western Desert group of officers from CSM Lee, Lt Fallon, Cpt R Rattray VX38937 Lt Anderson VX48780 Cpt Ferguson Urquhart VX42858

    9775.05P Western Desert group of officers from CSM Lee, Lt Fallon, Cpt R Rattray VX38937, Lt Anderson VX48780, Cpt Ferguson Urquhart VX42858

  • 9775.06P Western Desert group of officers rear

    9775.06P Western Desert group of officers rear.

  • 9775.07P Western Desert Snowys poultry farm Western Desert

    9775.07P Western Desert. Snowys poultry farm Western Desert.

  • 9775.04P Western Desert Alamein Central figure your worthy husband Alamein front

    9775.04P Western Desert Alamein. Central figure your worthy husband Alamein front.

  • 9775.01P. Western Desert Alamein. Coffee with the Salvos truck Alamein front.
  • 9775.02P Western Desert Alamein One of the many lonely white crosses one keeps stumbling on this one of an unknown South African soldier
  • 9775.03P Western Desert Alamein At work constructing my dugout El Alamein
  • 9775.05P Western Desert group of officers from CSM Lee, Lt Fallon, Cpt R Rattray VX38937 Lt Anderson VX48780 Cpt Ferguson Urquhart VX42858
  • 9775.06P Western Desert group of officers rear
  • 9775.07P Western Desert Snowys poultry farm Western Desert
  • 9775.04P Western Desert Alamein Central figure your worthy husband Alamein front

Historical information

Frederick Lloyd Carleton VX1555 served in the 2/23rd Battalion, 9th Division in the Middle East and in the Pacific. The images detail his day to day life at the front and on leave. He served during the siege of Tobruk and at El Alamein, and was a lifelong member of the Bendigo sub-branch of the Rats of Tobruk
Association. Refer Cat No 142.7 for his full service history.

.07P) CSM Lee. Believed to be Leslie Douglas Lee VX69519, enlisted 23.12.1941, Middle East service listed as 28.2.1942 - 25.2.1943, discharged 27.11.1945.
Lt Fallon. Believed to be John Francis Fallon VX48644. Enlisted 31.7.1940, embarked for the Middle East 16.11.1940, WIA Blast perforation injury 30.10.1942, RTA 9.1.1943 Discharged 20.5.1943 with the rank of Capt.
Rupert Rattray VX38937, enlisted 21.10.1940, Middle East service listed as 6.11.1940? - 8.8.1942, New Guinea service 21.2.1943 - 14.9.1943, discharged on 4.4.1946 with the rank of Major. Awarded the MC on April 22 when leading a raiding Party in Tobruk 1941, also awarded C In C’s card in 1941.
Graham Grantham Anderson VX48780, enlisted 5.8.1940 age 21, DOW’s on 13.7.1942, he held the rank of Captain.
Gilbert Ferguson Urquhart VX48258 enlisted 25.7.1940 age 29, KIA 22.7.1942, hel held the rank of Major. He had pre War service in the CMF from 9.1.1939 - 24.7.1940.

Physical description

Collection of 76 photographs taken during service in 2/23rd in Middle East.

Inscriptions & markings

Some photographs have inscriptions on the verso, and this information is included in the title information displayed when the images are clicked on.

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