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Photograph 004092 Second World War, 1939-1945DEIR SUNEID - THE 2/1ST PIONEER BAND OF THE A.I.F. PROVIDES MARCHING RHYTHM AS THE 19TH BATTALION MARCH THROUGH THE VILLAGE.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DEIR SINEID - 19TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION MARCHES THROUGH THE VILLAGE TO STRAINS OF 2/1ST PIONEER BAND WHILE NATIVE ARABS LOOK ON. TO THE LEFT STRETCHES THE LONG "PRICKLY PEAR" HEDGES THAT WERE FAMILIAR TO THE MEN OF THE OLD A.I.F.
DEIR SUNEID - THE 2/1ST PIONEER BAND OF THE A.I.F. PROVIDES MARCHING RHYTHM AS THE 19TH BATTALION MARCH THROUGH THE VILLAGE.

The view looking forward towards Gaza, from the roof of a building in the native village behind Gaza, taken on the morning of the First Battle of Gaza. According to Lieutenant Leonard Lisle Williams,
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 T

DEIR SUNEID - THESE MEN OF THE 19TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION. WHO WERE A FEW MONTHS AGO TRAMPING THROUGH SMALL AUSTRALIAN TOWNSHIPS ON THEIR TRAINING MARCHES, NOW HAVE LITTLE IN THEIR EN

This film is made up of a number of fill-in shots. Scenes 1, 2, 5, at Deir Suneid (November 1940); the 2/1st Pioneer Battalion Band provides marching rhythm as the 19 Australian Infantry Training Batt
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
