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"An excellent view of the bridge over the Damour River. In the banana plantations in the ...
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"An excellent view of the bridge over the Damour River. In the banana plantations in the background some of the fiercest fighting of the Syrian war took place. When I came through we had to make a det...P11032.008
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"Another view of "the Square" taken from a roof top".
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"Another view of "the Square" taken from a roof top".P11032.016
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"A 1st class butchers shop in Haifa".
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"A 1st class butchers shop in Haifa".P11032.010
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"A wealthy Arab's farm on the Damour River. We went down to visit him and received rather a ...
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"A wealthy Arab's farm on the Damour River. We went down to visit him and received rather a hostile face for a lot of his buildings had been destroyed by shell fire".P11032.013
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"Crossing the Damour River where the bridge used to be. In the water at the right was where we ...
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"Crossing the Damour River where the bridge used to be. In the water at the right was where we had out swim".P11032.023
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"Hurricane shot down by the Vichy French. There must have been at least 1000 holes in it".
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"Hurricane shot down by the Vichy French. There must have been at least 1000 holes in it".P11032.006
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX36507 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Peter Athol Forbes, 2/6 Battalion, ...
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Informal outdoor portrait of VX36507 Acting Corporal (A/Cpl) Peter Athol Forbes, 2/6 Battalion, of Hawthorn, Vic. He was a member of the Citizens' Military Force before enlisting in the 2nd AIF in J...P08363.002
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Informal portrait of VX3459 Lieutenant Max Holbrook Wood MM. Lt Wood enlisted on 24 October ...
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Informal portrait of VX3459 Lieutenant Max Holbrook Wood MM. Lt Wood enlisted on 24 October 1939, and served with Z Special Forces. He was awarded the Military Medal while serving with the 2/6 Battal...P11567.001
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Informal street portrait of QX11294 Private Henry Arthur Guy, 2/26 Battalion. Pte Guy was among a ...
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Informal street portrait of QX11294 Private Henry Arthur Guy, 2/26 Battalion. Pte Guy was among a group of Australian and British prisoners of war (POW) being transported aboard the Rakuyo Maru when i...P08476.003
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"Inside the fort at Mer Ayoun. The walls are absolutely riddled with machine gun bullet holes".
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"Inside the fort at Mer Ayoun. The walls are absolutely riddled with machine gun bullet holes".P11032.019
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"In the Syrian town of Baition was discovered this Aust [Australian] woman who at the age of 18 ...
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"In the Syrian town of Baition was discovered this Aust [Australian] woman who at the age of 18 had married a Syrian and has lived in Syria ever since. It was a wonderful change to hear a female speak...P11032.001
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"Journeys end. After proceeding about 25 mile inland along the river we had to turn back through ...
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"Journeys end. After proceeding about 25 mile inland along the river we had to turn back through another bridge having been blown up. In this area were some of the beautiful springs gushing out of the...P11032.034
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"Looking down on Bicfaya. Notice the hair pin bends. Bicfaya is a holiday resort in the mountains ...
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"Looking down on Bicfaya. Notice the hair pin bends. Bicfaya is a holiday resort in the mountains about twenty miles from Beirut".P11032.035
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"Our trucks crossing a pontoon bridge laid down to replace the bridge blown up by the Vichy".
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"Our trucks crossing a pontoon bridge laid down to replace the bridge blown up by the Vichy".P11032.029
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Outdoor portrait of VX4494 Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Anderson of Melbourne. Pte Anderson ...
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Outdoor portrait of VX4494 Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Anderson of Melbourne. Pte Anderson served in the Middle East with the 2/6 Battalion and was taken prisoner of war by German forces on Greece i...P06425.005
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"Pill boxes around the fort at Mer Ayoun. The Aust [Australian] Engineers crawled up these ...
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"Pill boxes around the fort at Mer Ayoun. The Aust [Australian] Engineers crawled up these slopes, mined & then dynamited them. A wonderful piece of work considering there is no cover for miles".P11032.018
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Portrait of VX3458 Sergeant (Sgt) Francis Edwin Bubb, 2/6 Battalion. A wheat farmer of ...
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Portrait of VX3458 Sergeant (Sgt) Francis Edwin Bubb, 2/6 Battalion. A wheat farmer of Murrumbeena, Victoria, he enlisted on 24 October 1939. Sgt Bubb was killed in action in New Guinea on 24 July 194...P06233.001
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"Remember in one letter I wrote to you telling you about going out to the graves of our mates. ...
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"Remember in one letter I wrote to you telling you about going out to the graves of our mates. Here is the snap taken after we had done the graves up in some sort of civilized manner".P11032.002
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Studio portrait of SX 12862 Corporal (Cpl) Harold Norman Clark, 2/6 Battalion, of Bletchley, via ...
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Studio portrait of SX 12862 Corporal (Cpl) Harold Norman Clark, 2/6 Battalion, of Bletchley, via Strathalbyn, SA. Cpl Clark was a farmer before enlisting on 19 May 1941 in Wayville, SA. He was killed ...P07163.002
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Studio portrait of SX10436 Private (Pte) Alan Victor Glasson, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion. ...
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Studio portrait of SX10436 Private (Pte) Alan Victor Glasson, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion. A woodturner from West Mitcham SA, Pte Glasson enlisted at Wayville, SA, on 30 November 1940. He was...P10297.001
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Studio portrait of two cousins from Pomborneit North, Vic. Left is V170264 Private (Pte) Harry ...
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Studio portrait of two cousins from Pomborneit North, Vic. Left is V170264 Private (Pte) Harry James Boyd, 2/6 Battalion, who enlisted on 3 October 1941. Harry Boyd later enlisted in the RAAF, servic...P09031.002
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Studio portrait of VX34531 Corporal (Cpl) Charles Henry James Minto Lumsden, 2/6 Battalion. ...
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Studio portrait of VX34531 Corporal (Cpl) Charles Henry James Minto Lumsden, 2/6 Battalion. Lumsden, a farmer from Brookside, Vic (originally from Montrose, Scotland), enlisted on 2 July 1940. He sai...P08703.022
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Studio portrait of VX5109 Private (Pte) Murray Moore, 2/6 Battalion, of Portland, Vic. Pte Moore ...
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Studio portrait of VX5109 Private (Pte) Murray Moore, 2/6 Battalion, of Portland, Vic. Pte Moore enlisted in Geelong, Vic. on 4 November 1939. He was killed in action in Greece on 6 May 1941.P06954.006
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Studio portrait of VX4494 Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Anderson of Melbourne, taken in Stalag ...
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Studio portrait of VX4494 Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Anderson of Melbourne, taken in Stalag XVIII A at Wolfsberg. Pte Anderson served in the Middle East with the 2/6 Battalion and was taken prisone...P06425.004
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Studio portrait of VX28581 Private (Pte) William John Irving Tatchell, 2/6 Battalion, of Dareton ...
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Studio portrait of VX28581 Private (Pte) William John Irving Tatchell, 2/6 Battalion, of Dareton NSW (left), with his daughter Joan Alwyn Tatchell, his son (name unknown), and his wife Lilian. A store...P06954.007
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Studio portrait of VX35384 Thomas Turner, 2/6 Battalion, later prisoner of war in Germany.
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Studio portrait of VX35384 Thomas Turner, 2/6 Battalion, later prisoner of war in Germany.P09977.002
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"Taken on Sunday trip at summit of north Hill taken and held by the 2/43 inf Batt [Battalion] 9th ...
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"Taken on Sunday trip at summit of north Hill taken and held by the 2/43 inf Batt [Battalion] 9th Div [Division]. Alex Armstrong cig in mouth, Joe Hunter with Jap rifle, Gibba Gerdsen standing in truc...P11032.005
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"The choot choot [train] which runs between Damascus and Beirut. See the snow tunnels in the ...
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"The choot choot [train] which runs between Damascus and Beirut. See the snow tunnels in the background which help to keep the line clear during the winter".P11032.025
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"The Damour River and road showing the country in which the fighting took place".
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"The Damour River and road showing the country in which the fighting took place".P11032.009
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"The heart of Beirut. Known to all the boys as "The Square". Taken from a window of the Royal ...
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"The heart of Beirut. Known to all the boys as "The Square". Taken from a window of the Royal Cinema".P11032.017
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"The inscription on this bridge dates back to the time of the Romans. Tel Aviv-Haifa Road".
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"The inscription on this bridge dates back to the time of the Romans. Tel Aviv-Haifa Road".P11032.011
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"The main bridge over the Damour River. The bridge was the scene of very bitter fighting between ...
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"The main bridge over the Damour River. The bridge was the scene of very bitter fighting between the Foreign Legion and our Pioneers. Note the new span in the bridge which was blown up by the Vichy".P11032.027
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"The remains of a driver and his tank which hit a land mine near Mey Ayoun. On his grave were ...
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"The remains of a driver and his tank which hit a land mine near Mey Ayoun. On his grave were snaps and letters from his girl friend in Hawthorn which he received four days prior to being killed".P11032.004
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"There's [sic Theirs] is not to wonder why, There's [sic Theirs] is just to do and die. 2nd Bn ...
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"There's [sic Theirs] is not to wonder why, There's [sic Theirs] is just to do and die. 2nd Bn [Battalion] Pioneers graves at Mey Ayoun".P11032.003
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"The town of Baalbeck looking from "the Temple of Bacchus". It looks a 1st class town but the ...
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"The town of Baalbeck looking from "the Temple of Bacchus". It looks a 1st class town but the streets & houses are full of the usual filth of an Arab village".P11032.022
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"They say Gallipoli was tough but imagine charging up this hill with machine gun covering every ...
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"They say Gallipoli was tough but imagine charging up this hill with machine gun covering every inch of the way. Still our boys did it and captured the fort you see up the top". The building featured ...P11032.024
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"This is what our engineers did to the block houses built around the fort at Mer Ayoun".
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"This is what our engineers did to the block houses built around the fort at Mer Ayoun".P11032.020
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"This snap was taken up in the mountains looking down on Beirut but it was not so successful. ...
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"This snap was taken up in the mountains looking down on Beirut but it was not so successful. Beirut is in the top left hand corner".P11032.015
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"This Vichy staff car happened to get in the sights of our machine gunners. Outside the fort at ...
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"This Vichy staff car happened to get in the sights of our machine gunners. Outside the fort at Mer Ayoun".P11032.028
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"Typical of the country around Mey Ayoun".
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"Typical of the country around Mey Ayoun".P11032.014
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Unidentified soldier, posed in the doorway at the Temple of the Sun God, As Suwayda. "Looking in ...
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Unidentified soldier, posed in the doorway at the Temple of the Sun God, As Suwayda. "Looking in through the doorway of the "Temple of the Sun". No doubt my ducky little shorts will cause some mirth".P11032.021
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Unidentified soldiers, possibly of 2/6 Battalion, posed with a crashed Hurricane aircraft.
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Unidentified soldiers, possibly of 2/6 Battalion, posed with a crashed Hurricane aircraft.P11032.012