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Accession Number | 012234 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Syria |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
DURING THE RECENT EUROPEAN WINTER SPECIALLY SELECTED UNITS WERE FORMED FROM THE A.I.F. IN SYRIA ...
Description
DURING THE RECENT EUROPEAN WINTER SPECIALLY SELECTED UNITS WERE FORMED FROM THE A.I.F. IN SYRIA FOR TRAINING IN THE USE OF SKIS. THE 1 AUSTRALIAN CORPS SKI SCHOOL WAS SITUATED HIGH IN THE LEBANON RANGES. ALTHOUGH THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT IN A PICTURESQUE ENVIRONMENT, IT ENTAILED CONSIDERABLE HARDSHIP FOR MEN NOT FULLY ACCLIMATISED TO THE HARSH CONDITIONS. ONLY THOSE WHO WERE PHYSICALLY FIT WERE SELECTED FROM THE VOLUNTEERS. THE FORMATION OF RECONNAISSANCE AND FIGHTING PATROLS WAS THE OBJECTIVE, AND THE TRAINING COVERED BIVOUACKING ABOVE THE SNOW LINE, TACTICS IN OFFENSIVE AND PROTECTIVE PATROLS, SIGNALLING AND INTELLIGENCE DUTIES. SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.