The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Scene in the Marble Reception Room of the Municipal Administrative Building on the occasion of the formal entry of the British Forces into Beirut, Syria. Forward units of the 7th Australian Division had occupied Beirut on 15 July 1941, following the signing of the Armistice the previous day. This picture shows General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, CBE., KCB., DSO. Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in Palestine and Syria, receiving a church dignitary at the ceremony when notables of Beirut and District paid their respects to the new authority.
Scene in the Marble Reception Room of the Municipal Administrative Building on the occasion of the formal entry of the British Forces into Beirut, Syria. Forward units of the 7th Australian Division
"Study of head". General Sir H. Maitland Wilson, Commander-in Chief, Allied Forces in Syria. Drawn for inclusion in oil painting Cat. No. 28 - Signing of Syrian Armistice, Syria.
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941-07-16. THE CEREMONIAL ENTRY INTO THE TOWN BY THE 2/16TH INFANTRY BATTALION AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE. (DONOR: MAJOR-GENERAL J. E. S. STEVENS).
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941. AUSTRALIAN BAND PLAYING IN THE GRAND SQUARE, BEIRUT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONIAL ENTRY OF THE ALLIED LEADERS. (DONOR RSL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS)
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1941-07-16. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENTERING THE GRAND SQUARE, BEIRUT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONIAL ENTRY OF THE ALLIED LEADERS. (DONOR RSL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS)
The first British Guard outside the Municipal Buildings in Beirut after the Armistice in Syria. Australian and British soldiers are standing on either side of the entrance to the building.