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Photograph 023905 Second World War, 1939-1945SYRIA. 1942-03. THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE CHEKKA TUNNEL SHOWING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY PERSONNEL ON DUTY.

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SYRIA. 1942-03. CORPORALS N.M. POPE, AT TRUCK, AND L. GRIGG, WITH BOARD, OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY ON DUTY AT THE CHEKKA TUNNEL CHECKING THE AUTHORITY AND DESTINATION OF AN ARMY VEHICLE.
SYRIA. 1942-03. THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE CHEKKA TUNNEL SHOWING 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY PERSONNEL ON DUTY.

SYRIA. 1942-03. THE VIEW APPROACHING THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE CHEKKA TUNNEL ON THE BEIRUT - TRIPOLI ROAD.

SYRIA. 1942-03. A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE CHEKKA TUNNEL AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE. FROM HERE THE ROAD SWEEPS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE TUNNEL WAS GUARDED BY THE 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION.

SYRIA. 1942-03. THIS PHOTO OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE CHEKKA TUNNEL, 28 MILES SOUTH OF TRIPOLI, SHOWS THE ROCK FORMATION ABOVE IT.

SYRIA. 1942-03. A VIEW OF THE FAMOUS CHEKKA TUNNEL ON THE BEIRUT - TRIPOLI ROAD, 28 MILES SOUTH OF TRIPOLI. IT IS FROM SOLID ROCK. WHICH RISES HUNDREDS OF FEET ABOVE. THE TUNNEL IS 450 FEETLLONG.

SYRIA. 1942-03. PRIVATE L.C. THOM OF THE 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ON GUARD AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE FAMOUS CHEKKA TUNNEL ON THE BEIRUT - TRIPOLI ROAD. IN ADDITION TO A GUARD AT EACH END BREN A
