The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. LOCAL PERSONALITIES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BEIRUT- TRIPOLI RAILWAY BY GENERAL SIR HAROLD R.L.G. ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST FORCES. THE RAILWAY HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE GROUP. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MONSIEUR ALFRED NACCACHE, PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANON REPUBLIC, AND MAJOR- GENERAL SIR EDWARD SPEARS, KBE, CB, CBE, MC, BRITISH MINISTER TO THE REPUBLICS OF SYRIA AND THE LEBANON.
The railway had been constructed by Australian Railway Construction and Maintenance Group. On the 20th December 1942, General Sir Harold R L G Alexander, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, Commander in Chief Middle
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. PRESIDENT NACCACHE, OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON, (RIGHT) VIEWING THE COMMEMORATIVE TABLET UNVEILED BY GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, COMMANDER- I
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. OPENING OF THE BEIRUT - TRIPOLI RAILWAY BY GENERAL SIR HAROLD R.L.G. ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST FORCES. SIR HAROLD IS SEEN INSP
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. GUARD OF HONOUR AT THE OPENING OF THE BEIRUT - TRIPOLI RAILWAY BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST FORCES, GENERAL SIR HAROLD R.L.G. ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO,
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST FORCES, MEETING OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE G
DOG RIVER GORGE, LEBANON. 1942-12-20. GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, KCB, CSI, DSO, MC, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST FORCES, MEETING OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE G
