Battle of Damour
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The Battle of Damour was the final major operation of the Australian forces during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II.
The broken bridge at the mouth of the Damour river
Hammana, Lebanon. September 2, 1941. Maj. Gen. A. S. "Tubby" Allen (centre), commander of the 7th Division, with Lt Col. Murray Moten (centre right), commander of the 2/27th Infantry Battalion and his men. (Photographer: Frank Hurley.)
Commemorative plate for the seizure of Damour by the Australians in 1941, installed in Nahr el Kaleb to the north of Beirut.
2/5th Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/5th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that operated during World War II. It was raised at Melbourne, Victoria, on 18 October 1939 as part of the Second Australian Imperi
2/5th Battalion being addressed by Major General Edmund Herring in Syria, November 1941
2/5th Battalion troops in action around Khalde, July 1941
Members of the 2/5th Battalion man defensive positions in New Guinea, August 1943
A patrol from the 2/5th around Yamil, July 1945