AFFULA NEAR NABLUS IN SAMARIA - MEN OF THE A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT ARE BUSILY RECONSTRUCTING THE OLD ...

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Accession Number 004051
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Affula
Date made 12 November 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

AFFULA NEAR NABLUS IN SAMARIA - MEN OF THE A.I.F. RAILWAY UNIT ARE BUSILY RECONSTRUCTING THE OLD TURKISH RAILWAY LINE THROUGH NORTHERN PALESTINE WHICH SUFFERED SEVERELY BY SABOTAGE DURING RIOTS BETWEEN JEWS & ARABS. THIS LINE IS DESTINED TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE WAR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).