The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DEIR SUNEID - IN THE STEPS OF THE OLD CRUSADERS, MEN OF THE A.I.F. SWING ALONG BETWEEN THE PRIMITIVE MUD WALLS OF AN ARAB VILLAGE IN THE HOLY LAND. BUT THE ARABS HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT THE CRUSADERS OF THE OLD WAR WERE THEIR ENEMIES AND WELCOME THEM WITH SMILES AND WORDS OF GREETING.
DEIR SUNEID - THE BOY SCOUTS TURN OUT IN ALL THEIR SATORIAL SPLENDOUR TO WELCOME MEN OF THE A.I.F. AS THEY MARCH THRO' THE NARROW STREETS. A RED LETTER DAY IN THE ANNALS OF THE VILLAGE & IN THE LIVES
DEIR SUNEID - A PROMENADE CONCERT ON THE VILLAGE GREEN AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE TURNS OUT TO HEAR THE MUSIC OF THE 2/1 PIONEER BAND. THE MUD WALLS RESOUNDED TO THE BEAT OF THE BIG BASS DRUM & THE SOUGHIN
DEIR SUNEID - THE COLUMNS OF BRONZED AND FIT FIGHTING MEN TRAMP ACROSS THE VILLAGE SQUARE UNDER THE ADMIRING EYES OF THE OLD MEN OF THE VILLAGE WHO HAD SEEN THE OLD A.I.F. IN ACTION AND WHO AFFIRMED O
DEIR SUNEID - 19TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION. MAKES AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE AS IT MARCHES UP THE MAIN STREET AND THE MUD BRICK WALLS SHAKE TO THE TREAD OF MARCHING FEET.
DEIR SUNEID - THE 2/1ST PIONEER BAND OF THE A.I.F. PROVIDES MARCHING RHYTHM AS THE 19TH BATTALION MARCH THROUGH THE VILLAGE.
DEIR SUNEID - THE SET OF DRUMS USED BY THESE A.I.F. DRUMMERS WERE PRESENTED BY THE LADIES OF THE N.S.W. COMFORTS FUND, AND HAVE PROVED OF INESTIMABLE VALUE TO THE BAND AND THRILL TO THE ARAB YOUNGSTER
