The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Homs, Syria. 18 June 1942. Three camouflaged Universal or Bren Gun Carriers from the 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion moving abreast at speed while acting as the enemy in desert manoeuvres of the 9th Australian Infantry Division. They are approaching a ruined village on a knoll. Shortly after this the scout tanks of the advancing 24th Australian Infantry Brigade Group came into sight.
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. PRIVATE F.T. HARDY, A BREN GUNNER OF "B" COMPANY, 2/43RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT HIS BREN GUN. THE BATTALION WAS ACTING AS "ENEMY" IN THE DESERT "BOX" FORMATION ADVAN
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. TWO MEN OF A BREN CARRIER CREW FROM THE 2/43RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, DRIVER T.C. PINNINGTON (LEFT) AND PRIVATE J.H. BUCKLAND WHO ACTED AS "ENEMY" SCOUTS, SEARCHING FO
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. CORPORAL B.C. ALLEN (FOREGROUND) AND PRIVATE C.R. WOOLFORD, OF "B" COMPANY, 2/43RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THE BATTALION IS ACTING AS "ENEMY" FOR THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN IN
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. DESERT "BOX" FORMATION OF 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP MOVING ACROSS A PLAIN IN THE HOMS AREA DURING THE EXTENSIVE MANOEUVRES OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. A TANK OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT MOVING TO INTERCEPT AND INVESTIGATE A SMALL CONVOY OF UNIDENTIFIED TRANSPORT APPROACHING THE DESERT "BOX" FORMATION OF
HOMS, SYRIA. 1942-06-18. IN 1942-06, THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION HELD LARGE SCALE MANOEUVRES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. DRIVER A.E. DUGMORE (LEFT) AND PRIVATE C.F. HERBERT OF THE 2/28TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY
