The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LEBANON. PROVOST F. HARRIS OF THE AIF 7TH DIVISION PROVOST CORPS FOUND HIMSELF SOMETHING OF A LOCAL CELEBRITY IN SAIADA (SIDON) WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED TO TRAFFIC DUTY AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE TOWN BY THE BRITISH. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
SIDON. WADIH H. MERHI, HEAD OF THE SAIADA GENDARMERIE WITH SOME OF HIS FORCE, TALKS WITH SGT. T. CURRAN OF THE 7TH DIVISION PROVOST CORPS. SINCE THE OCCUPATION OF SAIADA THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, INCLUDI
LEBANON. THE LOCAL POPULATION OF THE TOWNS OF TYRE AND SAIADA (SIDON), FOR THE MOST PART MOSLEMS, TURNED OUT IN FORCE AND WITH ENTHUSIASM TO GREET THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WHO HAD DRIVEN THE VICHY FRENCH
INSIDE THE CASTLE, OVERLOOKING SIDON, BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS AND HELD BY THE BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCING ACROSS LEBANON. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
LEBANON. IN A CAVE NEAR SIDON WHERE BRONZE AGE PRIMITIVES PROBABLY CHANTED THEIR ANCIENT DIRGES, MEN OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION CAVALRY REST A WHILE AND AMUSE THEMSELVES BY PLAYING MODERN SONG HIT
LEBANON. THE QUAYSIDE AT TYRE, ONCE THE RIVAL OF SIDON FOR THE POSITION OF THE WORLDS MOST IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL SEAPORT AND NOW A SLEEPY ANCHORAGE FOR FISHING BOATS. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
LEBANON. LOOKING DOWN FROM A HIGH POINT IN THE TOWER OF THE OLD CASTLE OF THE CRUSADERS WHICH STANDS ON A HILL IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY OF SIDON. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
