November 1942 – Allied troops in front of one of the great “Temple of Jupiter” frieze and cornice “Lion Head” water spout gargoyles in Baalbek, Syria [now North Lebanon][colourized version

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IMAGE INFO
– Cropped & zoomed enlargement of the original image.
– Driver George Dobner [Australian Army 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit] is 2nd from right of pic. The soldier at right is a British guard with his dog, likely under command of the British officer at left of pic.
– The Temple of Jupiter (Roman Heliopolis) was a colossal temple dedicated to the cult of Zeus, located in Heliopolis of Roman Phoenicia (Baalbeck of modern Lebanon). This is one of a number of massive "Lions Head" gargoyle water spouts that can be found around the temple ruins.
– The officer at the left of pic is holding another Kodak Brownie folding camera while the guard’s dog (a British bull-terrier?) is making a meal of George’s slouch hat! Note the guard’s military Lee Enfield .303 rifle propped against the massive stone plinth.
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SOURCE INFO
– Original image 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 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 badly grained, scratched & faded original, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Studio 8.0 (revised duotone version).
– Latest version re-processed using AI colourization, enlargement & enhancement software.