The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An Australian sapper preparing a charge of explosive with the help of a Basuto labourer from a South African Pioneer Company. They are part of a large team of engineers and labourers constructing the new rail link between Haifa and Tripoli, part of the Transcontinental Railway from Turkey through Syria, Palestine and Libya.
Palestine-Syria. July 1942. An outstanding feat of railroad construction is now nearing completion. Australian, British and South African engineers, supervising an army of some 20,000 labourers of man
Palestine-Syria. July 1942. An outstanding feat of railroad construction is now nearing completion. Australian, British and South African engineers, supervising an army of some 20,000 labourers of man
An outstanding feat of railroad construction is now nearing completion. Australian, British and South African engineers supervising an army of some 20,000 labourers of many nationalities have construc
A SPLENDID FEAT OF RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION IN SYRIA. BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN ENGINEERS, SUPERVISING AN ARMY OF OVER 20,000 LABOURERS OF MANY NATIONALITIES, HAVE C
Palestine-Syria. July 1942. An outstanding feat of railroad construction is now nearing completion. Australian, British and South African engineers, supervising an army of some 20,000 labourers of man
An outstanding feat of railroad construction is now nearing completion. Australian, British and South African engineers supervising an army of some 20,000 labourers of many nationalities have construc
