The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. Exterior of Smith House, one of the buildings in a former mental hospital complex, that became a hospital ward of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) after the Syrian Campaign. Note the prominent Red Cross painted on the roof.
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. Exterior of Miller House, one of the buildings in a former mental hospital complex, that became a hospital ward of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. Patients in bed on a verandah around the centre courtyard of Miller House, one of the buildings in a former mental hospital complex, that became a ward for th
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. Interior of Surgical Ward "A", in a building which originally was part of a mental hospital complex, that became a ward for the hospital of the 2/1st Casualty
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-12. Aerial view of the mental hospital complex that was occupied by the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS) and set up as a hospital after the Syrian Camp
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-08. The outdoor hospital kitchen of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS), set up under a grove of trees in the grounds of the former mental hospital th
Asfurieh (near Beirut), Lebanon. 1941-12. The interior of one of the wards of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (2/1st CCS), in a former mental hospital, is brightened up with Christmas decorations.
