The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MAS'UDIYEH, NEAR NABLUS. RAILWAYMEN FROM NSW AND WA ENGAGED ON RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OLD TURKISH RAILROAD, TOGETHER WITH ARAB CRAFTSMEN ABLY ASSISTED BY THEIR TRUSTY AND VERSATILE CAMELS. CAMELS WERE USED FOR CARTING STONE & SAND FROM THE DUMPS ALONG THE ROAD. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
MAS'UDIYEH - MEN OF THE RAILWAYS RECONSTRUCTION UNIT POSE FOR AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH WITH THEIR NEWFOUND COBBERS - THE NATIVE CRAFTSMEN & STONEMASONS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH THEM ON THE REBUILDING OF THE
AIF Railway Construction and Maintenance Group (Royal Australian Engineers) composed of NSW Railwaymen with a small detachment of WA Railwaymen. They are engaged in the reconstruction of the old Turki
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
Arab soldiers and their camels on the main Akaba road, in Arabia. Note the stone retaining wall by the edge of the road in foreground.
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
NABLUS - SAPPER R.O. BUCHOLTZ AND SAPPER A. ROXBOROUGH WHO TAKE OVER A TRAIN FROM THE TURKISH DRIVERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
