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  2. The Rats of Tobruk - Wikipedia

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    The Rats of Tobruk hold an identifiable place within the ranks of returned servicemen, particularly in Australia, where there is the Rats of Tobruk Memorial in Canberra. On 22 March 1944, the original members of the Rats of Tobruk formed the North Bondi Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and it is still known in modern ...

  3. Rats of Tobruk Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Rats of Tobruk Memorial [1] is on Anzac Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia. The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean Sea port town of Tobruk began on 10 April 1941. After desperate fighting, most of the Australian forces were relieved by October 1941.

  4. The Rats of Tobruk (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Rats of Tobruk is a 1944 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. An abridged version was released in the United States in 1951 as The Fighting Rats of Tobruk . The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II .

  5. Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - Wikipedia

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    Due to their impact on the battle, the Polish soldiers were awarded the prestigious title of the Rats of Tobruk by their Australian comrades in arms. On 13 December the Carpathian Uhlan Regiment was detached while the remainder of the brigade was attached to XIII Corps of the Eighth Army and took part in the attack on the Axis Gazala defensive ...

  6. List of 1940s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    The Rats of Tobruk (1944) – Australian action drama film based on the siege of the Libyan city of Tobruk in North Africa by Rommel's Afrika Korps [164] Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) – biographical gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy [165]

  7. 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Slater's work at Tobruk was later singled out for praise by the Australian Official History. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 38 ] He was replaced as commander of 4 AA Bde by Brevet Colonel John Muirhead , the CO of 74th (City of Glasgow) HAA Rgt , who had just been promoted to command 2 AA Bde but was transferred to Tobruk on 3 September.

  8. Rats of Tobruk - Wikipedia

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  9. Alfred Brian Palmer - Wikipedia

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    Palmer was made skipper of the Maria Giovanni in January 1941, and the ship was used to ferry supplies to the beleaguered town of Tobruk. [8] [9] He "won fame through his cussedness on the Spud Run", [11] and by his willingness to carry any cargo. The supply of Tobruk by Palmer and others was known as the "Ferry Service". [12]