Palmyra, North Syria. 1941-07. Informal group portrait of three members of the 2/1st Anti-Tank ...

Place Middle East: Syria
Accession Number 045077
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Palmyra, North Syria. 1941-07. Informal group portrait of three members of the 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment holding a French flag soon after the capture of Fort Wegand from the French Foreign Legion. Left to right: Driver `Slim' Collins of Sydney, NSW, in French hat; Gunner A. C. Boxall of Blacktown, NSW, in British tropical hat; Gunner W. P. `Sol' Madden of Queensland in French hat. (Donor A. Bloxall)