BOWRAL'S Kathleen Harris has found a document which shares an insight into the Rats of Tobruk.
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Kathleen and her brother discovered the piece at the home of their deceased uncle William Addison.
William fought in one of Australia's first major battles during WWII in 1941.
The document is a descriptive broadcast of the Dagos Handicap Run over Desert Sands in the Middle East.
The "horse racing list" featured world leaders at the time - Benito Mussolini (Italy), Ioannis Mexatas (Greece), Winston Churchill (England), Thomas Blamey (Australia), Jan Smuts (South Africa), Haile Selassie (Abyssinia), Adolf Hitler (Germany) and Ion Atonescu (Romania).
The broadcast has a light-hearted tone, with quotes including "Italy is again causing trouble and now being sent to the outside".
Australia was announced as the winner while England finished runner-up and Greece third.
Kathleen said she understood the document was an inside joke for soldiers.
"I think they would have known what it meant," she said.
"I'm compiling our family history, so it was nice to find."
Kathleen said three Addison brothers fought during WWII - William, Bruce and Robert.
She said Anzac Day was a significant occasion for her family.
"It means a lot - we wouldn't be here without them."
The Siege of Tobruk lasted for eight months between Axis and Allied forces in North Africa.
The Rats held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, until they were relieved by the Allied 8th Army during Operation Crusader.
More than 740 Rats died during the battle, while 1996 were wounded and 604 were captured by the enemy.