The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 2/31st Infantry Battalion constructing pits which formed part of the second defence line in Syria.
Men of the 2/31st Infantry Battalion constructing a Section Post as part of the second defence line in the Jebel Tourbel area, Syria. Identified, from the left, are: VX11832 Private (Pte) Brian Rae
SYRIA. 1941 10. 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 AEPPO IN THE NORTH TO TRIPO
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 sout
Men of the 2/31st Infantry Battalion dynamiting a rock surface to construct defence lines in the Jebel Tourbel area, Syria.
Men of the 2/31st Infantry Battalion at work on the Field Signal Exchange excavations. The work was part of the second line of defence which ran from the Syrian coast at a point three miles south of
JEZZINE, SYRIA. THE WESTERN PASS WHICH WAS PREPARED FOR DEMOLITION IN CASE OF AN ENEMY ATTACK. THIS WAS IN THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AREA.
