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Photograph 006790 Second World War, 1939-1945ATHENS. AT THE ACROPOLIS - THE MAIDENS AND THE AUSSIES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EVEN ATHENS HAS ITS STREET PHOTOGRAPHER - AND THE AUSSIES ARE NOT SLOW AT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED IN THEIR NEW SURROUNDINGS - A PHOTO TO SEND HOME MEANS A LOT TO THEM AND THEIR PEOPLE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
ATHENS. AT THE ACROPOLIS - THE MAIDENS AND THE AUSSIES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)

ATHENS. AT THE ACROPOLIS - THE MAIDENS AND THE AUSSIES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

ATHENS. SEEING THE SIGHTS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND GREEK TOOK UP ALL THE TIME OF THE AUSSIES WHILST ON LEAVE IN ATHENS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

PEOPLE WERE EVERYWHERE.........NOTE BREN GUN BEING SET UP BY DIGGERS. A CORNER OF THE SHIP ON WHICH THE REMAINING BRITISH SUBJECTS SOME AUSSIES & 150 GERMAN PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM ATHENS. CONDI

ALEXANDRIA. THE NAME ANZAC MEANS A LOT TO THESE BOYS NOW ..... A MAORI AND AN AUSSIE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

SYRIA. LITTLE NOW REMAINS TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF BEIRUT THAT WAR SWEPT OVER THEIR COUNTRY. THERE HAS BEEN NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
