The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYRIA. THE ROAD IS CALLED THE "MAD MILE". ALL SUPPLIES, FOR BATTALIONS WERE TAKEN ALONG THIS ROAD WHICH WAS UNDER CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION AND SHELLFIRE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Depicts the 7th Australian Division travelling along a section of the road west of the town of Jezzine in Lebanon, which was accurately ranged along most of its length by Vichy French artillery and m
JEZZINE, SYRIA. THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD WAS KNOWN AS THE "MAD MILE".
SYRIA. R.A.F. BOMB AMMUNITION DUMP. THE RESULT OF BLAST FROM EXPLOSION - BARRACKS 3/4 MILE AWAY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
ABOARD H.M.A.S. NIZAM. "DAWN PATROL". THE SYRIAN COASTLINE IS KEPT UNDER CONSTANT OBSERVATION BY THE NAVY. THIS SHOT SHOWS SHIPS FORMING INTO LINE AFTER HAVING BOMBARDED THE FRENCH POSITION. (NEGATIVE
The battlefield around the Thames dugout. The difficult terrain was made worse by the shellfire which churned up the ground and the almost continuous rain which had fallen since the commencement of t
The battlefield around Thames dugout. The difficult terrain was made worse by the shellfire which churned up the ground and the almost continuous rain which had fallen since the commencement of the o
