020823 Accession Number: 020823

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General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander in Chief, Middle East Command, at left, with VX20310 Lieutenant General John Dudley Lavarack, Australian corps Commander, at Hill 1284, Syria. The hill in the background is known to the Australians as The Sphinx.

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Accession Number
020823
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
6 October 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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