Mosques - Syria

Date: 1941? to 1942

By: McLean, Stuart, active 1941-1945

Reference: PA1-o-315

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by Corporal Stuart McLean when he was with the 2NZEF in the Middle East, 1941-1942. Photographs include everyday life, monuments and ancient sites in Beirut, Baalbek, Homs (now Hims), Aleppo (now Halab), and parts of Syria. Scenes associated with the various campaigns in the Middle East and North Africa, include one of Nissen huts in Syria, machine gunners and sweeping for landmines in the Western desert, captured enemy guns, the wreck of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME 109), some of the 74,000 prisoners taken at El Alamein, and parades and medal presentation (seen from a distance) after the North African Campaign. Of the 32 pages in the album, only pages 1 to 16 are used (with one photograph attached inside the front cover). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with leather cover, embossed illustration of a Middle Eastern mosque (with camels in the foreground) on front cover; back cover decorated with an Egyptian style frieze; 17 x 23 cm

Date: [1939-1945]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of 2NZEF in Egypt, Middle East and Italy

Reference: PA1-o-1671

Description: Contains views of Cairo; Pyramids; Sphinx; Nairn Transport Co bus; 2NZEF transport vehicles, camps, and personnel on leave. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 25 x 32.5 cm