The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYRIA. MEN OF THE 7TH DIVISION RECOVERY SECTION RECEIVE A FRIENDLY WELCOME FROM A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL "SQUATTERS" OF SYRIA WHO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH A DONATION OF ARMY ISSUE CIGARETTES. THE GENERAL FEELING AMONG THE ARABS IS ONE OF FRIENDLINESS TOWARDS THE BRITISH TROOPS WHO HAVE MADE THEIR ADVANCE WITHOUT CAUSING MUCH MATERIAL DAMAGE TO THE DISTRICTS THROUGH WHICH THEY HAVE PASSED. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. THE ARABS, ALTHOUGH OF A FRIENDLY CHARACTER AND GENERALLY WITHOUT VICE, ARE INHERENTLY KLEPTOMANIAC SO THAT WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT FOUND THAT MUCH OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS MISSING THE LOCAL HEADMA
WESTERN DESERT. AUSTRALIAN NURSES AND MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD) ATTACHED TO THE AIF STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH COURAGE AND DISTINCTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DURING THE PRESENT GRE
SYRIA. TAKEN FOR A RIDE. YOUNG SYRIANS TAKE THEIR COURAGE IN BOTH HANDS AND PUT FAITH IN AUST. MOTOR CYCLISTS ON PATROL WHO HAVE STOPPED OFF TO PAY A FRIENDLY VISIT. J. HOPPING, B. ADAMS, AND CPL. J.
Selemiya, Syria. A crowd of Arabs and Lebanese, some of them on horseback, gathered to welcome Ali Khan son of the Aga Khan.
This soldier from the 6th Division who had been in the fighting on Crete is happy to receive a welcome amenties issue after leaving the destroyer which brought him back to Alexandria.
This soldier from the 6th Division who had been in the fighting on Crete is happy to receive a welcome amenities issue after leaving the destroyer which brought him back to Alexandria.
