The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Paper statue of an old Australian soldier. He carries a full kit including tin helmet, drink bottle, sleeping back and rifle. He has a scarf wrapped around his head and he smokes a pipe. Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959) was a well known UK humourist during the war, his most popular cartoon being a characterisation of the ordinary British soldier, called "Old Bill".
Starboard side view of a British BE2 aircraft displaying nose art featuring a portrait of a laconic, pipe smoking, British Tommy with a walrus moustache named 'Old Bill'. The character Old Bill, was c
Transfer printed ashtray featuring a cartoon design by Bruce Bairnsfather depicting a British soldier attempting to delouse a large artillery shell with a hammer, watched by a fellow soldier. A captio
A soldier in uniform leans on a cane and smokes a pipe. On his left there is an oversized ink bottle and a stack of papers labelled 'KIT SHORTAGES', and on his right a similar stack labelled 'CRIMES'.
Depicts three men standing in what had been the battlefield of Pozieres on the Western Front. The three men are, from right to left, a soldier in uniform with full kit, wearing a tin helmet, C.E.W. Be
An Australian soldier sits on a crate and is writing a letter. He is wearing a tin helmet and his kit and rifle are next to him. A second Australian soldier sits in the background holding his rifle.
British First World War poster urging the viewer to be thrifty and salvage anything they can to help the war effort. It features a cartoon of a smiling British soldier sitting on a chest mending his t