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Photograph 030138/03 Second World War, 1939-1945The Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. Photograph taken at the time that troops of the 7th Australian Division were in Colombo on their way home from the Middle East.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Queen Victoria Statue, photographed at the time at the 7th Australian Division were in Colombo during their journey home from the Middle East.
The Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. Photograph taken at the time that troops of the 7th Australian Division were in Colombo on their way home from the Middle East.

Members of the 7th Australian Division, on leave in Colombo while on their way home from the Middle East, partake of free tea dispensed from a stall of the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board.

A Banyan tree and two people sitting on a bench beneath the shade of the tree in a garden. Taken at the time that troops of the 7th Australian Division were in Colombo during their voyage home from th

Victoria Street and Clock Tower. Taken at the time of the stay in Colombo of troops of the 7th Australian Division during their voyage returning from the Middle East to Australia.

Three Ceylonese men at siesta time in a garden. Taken during visit of 7th Australian Division to Ceylon while on their way home from the Middle East.

Teams of troops from the 7th Division engaged in a tug-of-war contest on the deck of the troopship bringing the Division home from the Middle East.
