The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Illustration on the left is titled 'Lining up for tea during the noon halt' and depicts soldiers lining up holding their mugs, some smoke a pipe, while one looks directly at the viewer. The landscape bleeds into the illustration on the right, titled 'Getting ready to move, the quarter call' and pictures soldiers getting ready to move on, as they hoist their packs on their backs. The 6th Battalion colour patch is visible on the left arm of several of the soldier's The artist recounts the schedule as such: "The Battalion crossed the French Frontier and marches into Belgium on the 16th December. During such marches a halt is usually made daily about noon, for a rest and a meal. The evening before the cooks prepare meat cakes, sandwiches, cold meat and pickles or some other suitable meal. At 11 o'clock next day while on the march the fires are lit in the travelling kitchens. Then, when the halt is made at noon, tea is prepared in a few minutes and before 10 minutes have passed, the troops who have piled their arms and discarded their kits, are all busy eating. Afterwards they rest and smoke until the bugle blows the quarter call, when everyone replaces their equipment, cookers are made ready to move and the officers see that the ground has been left clean."
Exhausted Australian soldiers disembarking from trains at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece. Hele was in Alexandria to observe the arrival of the battle-weary Australians. He made numerous stu
The artist statement by Willcocks reads: 'Living in a subtropical rainforest I never have the autumnal experience of seeing deciduous trees. I love the naked tree for what it is, beautiful, resting,
A poster depicting a crowd of workers, joining up with soldiers at the Front. The soldiers stand on either side of a text , with a portrait, regrading Kitchener's appeal.. The poster was produced for
Remains of a mounted pattern mess tin lid. The lid is rusted and riddled with bullet and shrapnel holes, with large sections missing. This mess tin lid was found by the Australian Historical Mission
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge.
The number 5 timber lifeboat from the P&O ship SS Devanha. The lifeboat is of clinker construction and has single bow and stern posts connected to a heavy exposed keel. The posts are made up of sever
