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 photograph shows one of the notables of Beirut and District paying his respect to the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in Palestine and Syria, General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, CBE., KCB., DSO.
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).
The Armistice was signed on 12 July, 1941 at Acre by General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson KCB, DSO, for the Allies and General Verdilhac for the Vichy French. On 15 July 1941 the 2/16 Australian Infantry
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)
