The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Army issue tan leather ankle boot (for the left foot) without toecap. The boot has a short tongue made of soft beige coloured leather, and a glued-in cork insole with a red felt upper surface. The soles are of stitched leather, and are reinforced with rows of small iron staples. The heels are edged with a double row of iron staples to reduce wear, and have eleven iron nails to reinforce their attachment to the sole. There are six pairs of 12 mm steel eyelets for laces. The laces themselves are missing. An oval-shaped stamp reading 'D & W. MURRAY LTD ADELAIDE' is impressed into the leather above the inner ankle.
Australian Army tan leather boot, one of a pair worn by Lieutenant Colonel Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, commanding officer of 7 Battalion, AIF. Soon after the landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25 April 1915, a Turkish bullet hit the instep of the right boot, lodging in the wearer's heel. Lt Col Elliott was evacuated to Egypt on the evening of the same day, and did not rejoin his battalion until early in June. At the time of donation the boots in the 1920s, General Elliot described them as, 'an old pair of worn ammunition boots which I was wearing on the day of the landing one showing the tiny hole made by the bullet which wounded me.'
Portrait of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, Commanding 15th Brigade (earlier also 7th Battalion and 1st Brigade), 1st Australian Imperial Force. Elliott was at the
Slouch hat complete with khaki cotton puggaree, brown leather chinstrap and copper Rising Sun badge. The puggaree has an emu plume - as issued to Australian Light Horse units - attached to it. The hat
Australian Army issue tan leather ankle boot (for the right foot) without toecap. The boot has a short tongue made of soft beige coloured leather, and a glued-in cork insole with a red felt upper surf
Pair of German M1893 side-laced pattern leather ankle boots (Schnurschuhe). The boots are worn from use. A central leather seam runs up the front of each boot. The boots feature six metal eyelets for
Pair of black steel capped reverse hide boots. A single zipper is on the instep to the ankle of each boot. The sole is moderately worn and has the manufacturer's marking in the arch of the boot along
Pair of Turkish Army ankle boots; the left boot is of a larger size and slightly longer than the right boot. Each boot upper is made from three pieces of leather - the toe and the ankle section. There
Pair of black leather ankle boots without toecaps. There are eight pairs of black painted brass eyelets per boot for the laces, which are light brown leather. The soles are reinforced with hobnails, t
Pair of brown leather AIF issue boots without toecaps. Each boot has six pairs of steel eyelets with attached brown leather laces. The soles are of leather, attached with small iron tacks, the heels h
