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SYRIA. HAPPY LANDING AND A LUCKY BREAK FOR AN RAF HURRICANE PILOT WHO, AFTER HIS ENGINE FAILED, MADE A SUCCESSFUL 'SKID' LANDING ON THE ROAD, IN SPITE OF THE FAILURE OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE TO OPEN. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. HAULING IN FRENCH EQUIPMENT FROM THE BATTLE AREAS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL ADVANCE OF THE AUST. FORCES INTO SYRIA. THE VICHY FORCES WERE WELL EQUIPPED WITH MODERN TRACTORS AND TANKS, WHICH MADE A U
SYRIA. IN SPITE OF THE ALLEGEDLY PRO- GERMAN INCLINATIONS OF THE SYRIAN MOSLEMS THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT THEIR ENTHUSIASM AS THEY HAILED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRANTING OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE GUARANTE
SYRIA. THE PROVERBIAL "ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY" - AUSTRALIAN AND SYRIANS IN A NATIVE VILLAGE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. A VIEW OF THE MAIN COASTAL ROAD THAT IS THE MAIN LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PALESTINE AND SYRIA, AND ALONG WHICH THE ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES WAS MADE IN THE PUSH TO BEIRUT. (NEGATIVE B
SYRIA. THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS FRENCH VEHICLE LOST NO TIME IN ABANDONING IT TO THE BRITISH FORCES WHO DEMONSTRATED THEIR MARKSMANSHIP TO A SATISFACTORY DEGREE. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY.)
SYRIA. TROOPERS OF THE CHESHIRE (YEOMANRY) REGIMENT, WHO WERE ATTACHED TO THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES DURING THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN, WATER THEIR HORSES AT AN OLD ROMAN WELL. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
