Tom Pritchard, who has died aged 102, was believed to be the last Australian soldier to serve with the Desert Rats during the siege of Tobruk. In January 1941, Australian troops overwhelmed ...

Their contribution to the defense of Tobruk has been paramount; on many occasions their great work has turned the battle in our favor. It was Good Friday that the German infantry appeared in strength.

Pritchard, centre, marching past the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne with former comrades on Anzac Day - Courtesy of Rats of Tobruk Association ...

I had only gone a few hundred yards when I heard the anti-aircraft guns down at Tobruk harbour open up and... The Siege of Tobruk, by Charles W Blanks In drab army lorries we drove past the waves ...