Australian Troops in Lebanon during WWII
Courtesy of Jeff Crisdale
Photos taken by the Australian soldier Tom Beazley
Mid June 1942 – Allied trucks in the 20th Brigade Royal Australian Services Corps (RASC) workshop at Aunger Barracks, Kobbe, Tripoli, Syria (now North Lebanon)
Colorised.
Late June 1942 – View across a suburban hillside, from the home of the Salim Rous family, on the outskirts of Tripoli, Syria (now North Lebanon)
Colorised.
Mid June 1942 – The “Kookaburra Bar” Restaurant, overlaid with ghost image of the Sultan Abdul Hamid clock tower & Al Manchieh gardens on the opposite side of Abdul Hamid Karami, in Tripoli, Greater Lebanon [later North Lebanon]
Early July 1942 – Australian Army 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit mates Sergeant Norm Grainger & Driver Bob Elliott with Driver Tom Beazley’s Chevrolet 1-Ton GS (General Service) light truck at Syr, Nortth Lebanon
Colorised.
October 1942 – Australian Engineers & local contractors completing bridgeworks on the Chekka-Tripoli road
Colorised.
1942 Lieutenant Reginald Reg Austin Shephard, at Zogharta aka Zgharta by Tom Beazley
Tripoli
Aussie troops on leave heading for some shopping at a bazaar in front of a muslim Mosque in Tripoli 1942 tom beazley
Reginald Reg Austin Shephard, with his interpreter Caram Rus aka Rous in Zogharta 1942 tom beazley
Australian 21st Field Bakery soldier at Aunger Barracks, Kobbe 1942 tom beazley
Looking_towards_Tripoli. In_far_distance_from_Ehden_(by_Tom_Beazley)
Kareem, Tom, Sid, Len at the Gates of Ehden
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Australian troops in Zgharta
