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November 1942 – Australian Minister for the Middle East, Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG (centre of pic) & attending party visiting the ancient Phoenician & Roman ruins at Baalbek, Syria (now North Lebanon)

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November 1942 - Australian Minister for the Middle East, Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG (centre of pic) & attending party visiting the ancient Phoenician & Roman ruins at Baalbek, Syria (now North Lebanon)

Baalbek’s old name was "Heliopolis in Syria".

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, 9 Division, 2 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 CS Windows.

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