TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1941-11. SOME OF THE OFFICERS WHO WATCHED THE DISPLAY GIVEN BY MEN OF THE 7TH ...

Place Middle East: French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Tripoli
Accession Number 021321
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1941-11. SOME OF THE OFFICERS WHO WATCHED THE DISPLAY GIVEN BY MEN OF THE 7TH BATTALION, GREEN HOWARDS, ON METHODS OF COMBATING BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS. FROM THE LEFT:- COLONEL F.K. NORRIS (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MEDICAL SERVICES, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION), BRIGADIER J.E.S. STEVENS (COMMANDER 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE), BRIGADIER E.C.P. PLANT (COMMANDER 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE), BRIGADIER C.A. CLOWES, COLONEL V.C. SECOMBE (ASSISTANT- ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION) AND BRIGADIER H.G. ROURKE (COMMANDER DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION).