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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 TURKISH RAILROAD.
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
SEBASTIAH - NEAR NABLUS. THESE RUINS ARE ALL THAT IS LEFT OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE PRIDE OF KING HEROD THE GREAT. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN 3000' IN LENGTH, PROBABLY ENCLOSING A COURTYARD. IN
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
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 CAME
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
Ras Chekka area, between Beirut and Tripoli, Syria, 1942. Australian Railway Unit with British and South African Engineer Corps working on the construction of the railroad between Beirut and Tripoli.
