DHOUR CHOUER AREA, SYRIA. C. 1941-10. HOTEL BOIS DE BOULOGNE AND THE ADJACENT TENTED AREA TAKEN ...

Place Middle East: Syria
Accession Number 127689
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

DHOUR CHOUER AREA, SYRIA. C. 1941-10. HOTEL BOIS DE BOULOGNE AND THE ADJACENT TENTED AREA TAKEN OVER BY HQ AND "B" COMPANY, 2/13TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE AS 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS REST STATION, DURING 1941-08. WHEN WINTER CAME AND TENTS WERE NO LONGER SUITABLE, "B" COMPANY CONDUCTED THE HOTEL AS A 120 BED HOSPITAL.