The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A bogged convoy of AASC wagons near Birshola, in Egypt. While this wagon was moving out with supplies and ammunition to our troops who were attacking the Senussi tribesmen, west of Birshola, a heavy downpour of rain over night rendered the loamy soil very boggy; in consequence it was impossible to move more than five miles the following day.
Owing to insufficient ambulance accommodation, wagons of the AASC assisted in bringing wounded back to Matruh, from the fighting against the Senussi Tribesmen, west of Birshola, in Western Egypt. Note
Formation of horse drawn wagons comprising teams with drivers from Section 3, 20th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). The original caption reads `When this was in marching order the whole division
Collection related to the service of 8929 Driver Lionel Oscar McCrae, 18 Battalion. Handwritten diary which begins with McCrae's troopship voyage. McCrae describes seasickness, lectures, games, and a
Piombino, Italy. 14 July 1944. The small harbour is choked with sunken and half submerged barges, tugs and small coastal craft. The moles and derricks on the quay sides are heavily damaged. This port,
For Australian troops in South Vietnam, the continuous search for the enemy is not all weary slogging through rain sodden jungle. These troops of the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Anzac Battalion wit
The ship's bell from the United States Navy light cruiser, USS Houston. The USS Houston and HMAS Perth were both sunk in a night action in the early hours of 1 March 1942 when they encountered the Ja
