Lieutenant Colonel Guy Patrick Marshall-Cormack, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ...

Accession Number P08707.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Marshall-Cormack, Guy Patrick
Place made Lebanon
Date made 1980 - 1982
Conflict Period 1980-1989
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Lieutenant Colonel Guy Patrick Marshall-Cormack, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), Observer Group Lebanon, at Fort Khiam, El Khiam near Marjayoun, Lebanon. He is holding a copy of the book "The footsoldiers : the story of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F. in the war of 1939-45." In June 1941 members of 2/33 Battalion stormed this fort following an artillery barrage that had driven the French from their position.