021133 Accession Number: 021133

Description

Some of the 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion constructing a metal road about 5 miles from Bsarma, Syria. It was part of a triple defence line extending from Aleppo in the north to Tripoli in the south.

Details

Accession Number

021133

Photographer

Lieutenant William Charles Sanders

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

c October 1941

Place Made

Syria

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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