The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men of the 7th Division and Vichy soldiers exchange smokes just prior to the Australians entering Beirut city.
A 7th Division despatch rider, surrounded by a crowd, obliges with his autograph when Australian troops entered Beirut city following the Acre Convention when agreement for the cessation of hostilitie
ARMISTICE CEREMONY. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENTERING THE CITY OF BEIRUT.
Depicts an advanced field dressing station near Damour (which is near Beirut and now located in Lebanon) during the Syrian Campaign. The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7th
Coverage of the Free French Generals De Gaulle and Catroux entering the city of Beyrouth (Beirut) at the conclusion of the Syrian campaign.
Australian Imperial Force units arrived in Palestine (then a British mandate territory) early in 1940. They trained there before entering action in North Africa early in 1941. In this watercolour, whi
These men of the 7th Division must have been on a "Winner" when photographed at a Beirut race meeting.
