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BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. AN A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF BEIRUT TO ENABLE PERSONNEL TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF A 7-DAY LEAVE PERIOD AT MINIMUM EXPENSE TO THEMSELVES NEAR THE FAMOUS WATERING PLACE, COTE D'OR, THE CAMP IS IDEALLY SITUATED, EQUIPPED AND ADMINISTERED, AND IS KNOWN AS "HAPPY VALLEY". THIS PICTURE SHOWS MEN ARRIVING AND LEAVING THE CAMP. THE TRUCKS WHICH BRING THE INCOMING LEAVE PARTIES ALSO RETURN THE OUTGOING PARTIES TO THEIR UNITS.
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. MEN OF THE 2/13TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HANDING IN THEIR ARMS AT THE ARMOURY OF "HAPPY VALLEY" CAMP SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. THIS CAMP, THE A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP, BEIRUT,
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. CROWD OF AUSTRALIANS ON THE BEACH AT "HAPPY VALLEY" CAMP OR THE A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP BEIRUT. THIS CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1942-06, TO ENABLE PERSONNEL TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF A 7-D
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. BATHING SCENE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THESE MEN ARE FROM A.I.F. UNITS IN SYRIA AND ARE STAYING AT THE "HAPPY VALLEY" LEAVE CAMP, A CAMP ESTABLISHED ABOUT 2 MILES FROM BEIRUT
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP, BEIRUT. TROOPS DEBUSSING IN FRONT OF THE CAMP ORDERLY ROOM ON ARRIVAL TO SPEND A 7-DAY LEAVE PERIOD AT THE CAMP, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENABLE PERSONNEL OF
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. "BICKY" AND "SCOTTY" BEING FED BY SERGEANT D.M. SULLIVAN OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND. THESE LITTLE DOGS BELONG TO A FREE FRENCH OFFICER WHO HAD A BEACH HUT ADJACENT TO THE
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. LIEUTENANT G. GRAY OF THE 2/15TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION READING CAMP ORDERS TO HIS PLATOON ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP, BEIRUT. THIS CAMP, KNOWN AS "HAPPY
