The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 FORCES OUT OF THESE AREAS. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
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
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).
A PICTURESQUE CROSSING ON THE RIVER LITANI. THIS CROSSING WAS THE SCENE OF A FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN ALLIED FORCES AND VICHY FRENCH TROOPS DURING THE ADVANCE INTO LEBANON. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
LEBANON. THIS FARM HOUSE, USED BY THE VICHY FRENCH AS A MINOR GARRISON, ON THE ROAD TO ADLOUN SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE BITTER FIGHTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN THE 2/27TH AUSTRA
LEBANON. THIS FARM HOUSE, USED BY THE VICHY FRENCH AS A MINOR GARRISON, ON THE ROAD TO ADLOUN SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE BITTER FIGHTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN THE 2/27TH AUSTRA
SYRIA. 155MM CALIBRE GUN CAPTURED FROM THE FRENCH NEAR SAIADA (SIDON), IN THE PICTURE ARE PTE. B. BERNASCONI, PTE. CAELLI, TPR. A. BONNY. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
