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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 INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP EXERCISE IN THE MANOEUVRES HELD OVER A WIDE TERRAIN IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. THE BRIGADE GROUP WAS ADVANCING IN A DESERT "BOX" FORMATION AND WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, TOWARDS EVENING, "B" COMPANY WAS SPREAD OUT ON THE EDGE OF A RISE OVERLOOKING THE PLAIN OVER WHICH THE BRIGADE WAS ADVANCING.
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. 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. 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
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. 18 June 1942. Light tanks Mark VI of the 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment scouting in front of the 24th Australian Infantry Brigade Group "box" formation on the move during the ma
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
