The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A soldier (right) on sentry duty in front of huts erected to accommodate personnel based at Heliopolis. Bins have been placed in a row between the huts and four poles are outside the huts on the right.
Three unidentified soldiers of the 5th Battalion serving in the Suez Canal defences, holding rifles sitting outside a shelter made with waterproof sheets. The soldier in the centre is smoking a pipe
A group of unidentified men of the 5th Battalion resting outside a tent after a days training in the desert. Many of the men are smoking pipes or cigarettes and reading. An umbrella is lying across
5th Battalion AIF men at a unit outpost in the defensive trenchlines. The soldier is using a tripod mounted telescope, others are lying down and resting (rear). Their rifles are resting on the parap
5th Battalion men observing from the 5th Battalion Post. One of the men is looking through a telescope while others are lying on the ground, rifles are on the mound of sand in front of them. Rolled
5th Battalion men constructing trenches with the use of sandbags at 'Thirsty Gully' near Heliopolis. An officer is sitting on sandbags.
Group portrait of unidentified Australians, probably 5th Battalion men, in Egypt. The hut in the background was constructed with strips of rush matting streched on a wooden framework. They were used
