Jisr Benat Yakub: bridge repaired by Australian Unit

Depicts a stone bridge over a brown river under a blue sky with clouds. The bridge has been repaired with a wooden construction. An Arab on a mule cross the bridge and a naked man squats on the stones below the bridge. Buildings and a thatched hut stand at the far end of the bridge. Jisr Benat Yakub, stone bridge across River Jordan just south of Lake Huleh, damaged by Turkish forces when defending route to, repaired with wooden trestles.

Lambert visited Jisr Benat Yakub between 9 and 14 June. He wrote to his wife on 9 June at Jisr Benat Yakob: 'This afternoon, with my tall scout - a real scout of the Third Brigade - I have done a reconnaissance of the two places I am to paint and really they are wonderful: one a fording-place of the Jordan just below Lake Beheirit el Hule, the Lake Hills and Mount Hermen in background.' Photograph B3248 in the War Memorial's photographic collection shows Lambert at work at Benat Yakub.