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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, WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENABLE TROOPS TO SPEND A 7-DAY LEAVE PERIOD AT MINIMUM EXPENSE TO THEMSELVES. IT WAS SITUATED NEAR THE FAMOUS WATERING PLACE, COTE D'OR AND INCLUDED IN ITS AMENITIES, SPORTS, SURFING AND AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY. DAY TRIPS TO BAALBECK AND DAMASCUS WERE ALSO ARRANGED.
BEIRUT, SYRIA. 1942-06. MAJOR J.K.N. GOODWIN, CAMP COMMANDANT OF "HAPPY VALLEY" AN A.I.F. LEAVE CAMP NEAR BEIRUT. THIS CAMP ENABLED PERSONNEL TO ENJOY A 7-DAY LEAVE PERIOD AT MINIMUM EXPENSE. RECREATI
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
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 TH
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. 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
