The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 LAST WAR, NOW THEY ARE PATCHING UP THE WORK OF THEIR OLD OPPONENTS, THE TURKS, WHO BUILT THIS LINE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
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 BETWEE
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 - THE A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT ARE FINDING PLENTY TO DO NOW THAT THEY HAVE EVENTUALLY ARRIVED IN THEIR PROMISED LAND. FIXING UP WASH-A-WAYS IS MORE OR LESS THE SAME ALL THE WORLD OVER BUT YOU'LL GO
SKILFUL ARAB STONEMASONS WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE A.I.F. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE THAT THEY PROBABLY HELPED TO BLOW UP. THE WOODEN ARCHES ARE USED AS A PATTERN AND
'IT MIGHT BY ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA'. HERE IS A TOUCH OF AUST. BENEATH THE GUM TREES OF AFFULA. GUM TREES WERE IMPORTED INTO PALESTINE DURING THE LAST WAR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
NABLUS - THIS WORK ISN'T NEW TO THESE DIGGERS. THEY'RE ALL RAILWAY MEN FROM AUST. & ARE PUTTING A LINE IN WORKING ORDER THAT WAS BUILT BY TURKS DURING 1914/18 WAR, WHICH AMUSES THEM IMMENSELY. (NEGATI
