The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LEBANON. RESIDENTS OF TYRE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ROLL UP IN FORCE TO WITNESS THE LANDING OF GENERAL MAITLAND WILSON AND HIS GUARD OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL HANDING OVER OF THE TOWN. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. AUSTRALIANS OF THE 2/3 BATTALION AIF FORM UP ON THE QUAYSIDE AT TYRE TO ACT AS GUARD OF HONOUR TO GENERAL WILSON ON THE OCCASION OF HIS FORMALLY TAKING OVER THE TOWN FROM THE FRENCH. (NEGATIVE
SYRIA. GENERAL WILSON, INSPECTS A GUARD COMPOSED OF MEN OF THE 2/3RD AUST. BATTALION DURING THE CEREMONIES COINCIDENT WITH THE HANDING OVER OF THE TOWN OF TYRE BY THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES. (NEGATIVE BY F
LEBANON. CAPTAIN FRANK HURLEY, OFFICIAL AIF PHOTOGRAPHER, EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY OF THE MOVIE CAMERA TO TWO GENTLEMEN OF TYRE.
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. 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
A VIEW OF THE COASTAL ROAD, A SPLENDID SCENIC HIGHWAY, STRETCHING FROM THE PALESTINE- LEBANON BORDER TO THE ANCIENT SEAPORT OF TYRE. THIS WAS THE ROAD ALONG WHICH THE MAIN BODY OF BRITISH TROOPS ADVAN
