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November 1942 - Allied troops & civilians inside the ancient & historic ruins of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Syria (now North Lebanon)

IMAGE INFO

- There is an Australian soldier hidden behind the pillar base in front of the British guard soldier at right foreground (you can see his slouch hat & part of his uniform though).

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HISTORICAL INFO

- Baalbek's old name was "Heliopolis in Syria". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image was captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the Australian Army 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit, 9th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, using a folding Kodak 6-20 Brownie camera with 120 roll film, while he was on extended leave.

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PROCESS INFO

- Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Restored from the very badly grained, scratched & faded original, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Studio 8.0 (duotoned version).

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Uploaded on August 12, 2018
Taken in November 1942