The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AFFULA NEAR NABLUS IN SAMARIA - MEN OF THE A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT ARE BUSILY RECONSTRUCTING THE OLD TURKISH RAILWAY LINE THROUGH NORTHERN PALESTINE WHICH SUFFERED SEVERELY BY SABOTAGE DURING RIOTS BETWEEN JEWS & ARABS. THIS LINE IS DESTINED TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AFFULA, NEAR NABLUS - THESE MEN OF THE AIF RAILWAYS UNIT MIGHT WELL BE DISTINGUISHED AS THE ONLY A.I.F. UNIT ENGAGED ON REALLY ACTIVE SERVICE. THEY ARE RE-BUILDING THE LINE THROUGH PALESTINE TO SYRIAN
AFFULA - REPAIRING RAILWAYS IN PALESTINE IS CHILDS PLAY TO AUST. RAILWAYMEN BUT ALSO AN INTERESTING CHANGE FROM THE CONDITIONS AT HOME IN THEIR TASK OF MAINTAINING TRANSPORT FACILITIES ACROSS THE DIFF
AFFULA - MEN OF THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE GROUP OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS AT WORK ON THE LINE. MANY OF THE MEN WERE MEMBERS OF THE OLD A.I.F. AND WERE DOING SIMILAR WORK IN THE LA
SEBASTIA - IN SAMARIA NEAR NABLUS - ANCIENT TOWN OF SHECHEM. RUINS OF WHAT WERE ONCE GREAT PALACES AND TEMPLES. A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT NOW WORKING CLOSE TO THIS VILLAGE ON THE RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE TURK
NABLUS - PASSED THROUGH BY THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HIS VISIT TO PALESTINE. HAS POPULATION OF 20,000 NOW COMPRISED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF MOSLEM ARABS. IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF SAMARIA & WAS THE
TROOPS, ARABS, AND CATTLE ALL IN A GLORIOUS TUMBLE AROUND A WATERPLACE NEAR SAFED, NORTHERN PALESTINE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
