Damour is a coastal town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon, located about 20 kilometres south of Beirut at the mouth of the Damour River on the Mediterranean coast. His
Janna Sur Mer Resort in Damour
Commemorative plate for the seizure of Damour by the Australians in 1941, installed in Nahr al-Kalb to the north of Beirut.
Jisr el Qadi bridge over the River Damour
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.)