In July 1942, former stonemasons,
Private G Skipworth and Private
J Govan recorded the
Australians' capture of Damour
by cutting an inscription into a cliff beside the Haifa to Tripoli railway
then under construction.

[AWM 012749A]

On 7–8 June 1941 Australians of the 7th Division, along with British and Free French forces, struck north from Palestine and invaded Syria and Lebanon. The operation was supported by RAAF and RAF units and by British and Australian warships off the coast of Lebanon. More detail will be added to this section during 2005.

Bibliography

Russell Brown, Desert warriors: Australian P-40 pilots at war in the Middle East and North Africa 1941-1943, Maryborough, 2000.

G Hermon Gill, Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series Two, Navy, Vol I - Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942, Canberra, 1957.

John Herington, Australia in the war of 1939-1945: Series Three, Air, Vol III - Air war against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, Canberra, 1954.

Gavin Long, Australia in the war of 1939-1945: Series One, Army, Vol 1 - Greece, Crete and Syria, Canberra, 1953.

James Clulow McAllester, Largely a gamble: Australians in Syria June-July 1941, Sydney, 1995.

Operation CLICK: Anzac to Kokoda

is a classroom resource which draws on and encourages the use of the following Veterans' Affairs websites:
• Australia’s War 1939–1945 – www.ww2australia.gov.au
• Visit Gallipoli – www.anzacsite.gov.au

You may download Work sheets - provided in PDF file format.

The resource book and CD-ROM package contains lessons that can be used in many contexts in History and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) classrooms. They were written by experienced history teachers with three aims in mind:

• to provide both beginning and experienced teachers with lessons using the two websites as core resources
• to invite teachers to explore more effective ways of encouraging their students to incorporate ICT skills into their classroom learning activities
• to provide exciting and original lessons that will encourage young Australians to learn more about Australia’s wartime heritage through the stories and images provided on the two websites.