As we are missing out on the Alamein/Tobruk section my interest is still held by the eastern area we are going through.
Yes I have been to Aqaba and Wadi Rum and find Lawrence very interesting. You are probably aware the Australian Light Horse (mounted infantry) were the main strike force of Allenby's army and we will be following their drive upon Damascus. If you have read Lawrence's "Three Pillars of Wisdom" (a good read and not as academic as the title sounds) you will find he was really pissed at the Australians who turned the assault into a sporting horse race against his Arab army. The debate still rages over whether it was an Australian patrol or Arab patrol to first enter the city. Lawrence never did decide whether he loved us or hated us!
Of course we will be a little more current when we get to Syria. The Australian 6th Division fought against the Vichy French here after the debacle of Greece and Crete and scored a much needed victory. If my Dodge did go overseas and was in the 6th Division it would have been in Syria where we are going. I have nothing to prove this is so but it is a good story!
Lang
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