150272 Accession Number: 150272

Description

Tripoli, Syria. June 1942. A camp of a company of railway construction workers comprising Australian officers and NCOs and Basuto NCOs and men from South Africa. They are involved in the construction of the rail links between Beirut and Tripoli which will complete the Cairo-London cross continental project.

Details

Accession Number
150272
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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