In a previous post, I stated that the Australian SASR in Iraq were carrying on in the tradition of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) of WWII. Well, further research shows that the tradition goes a long way before that. Back to 1918 in fact, and not a million miles away from Iraq.

Australian Forces in Aleppo, Syria, 1918.

Photo used with the express permission of the kind folks at the Australian War Memorial - whose website is well worth a visit. If you're in Canberra, it should be top of the list of places to see.

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Aussie SASR "somewhere in Afghanistan" 2002.

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Aussie SASR "somewhere else in Afghanistan" 2002.