The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Numa Numa trail runs across the centre of Bougainville Island from Torokina to Numa Numa Harbour and Plantation. George, Little George Hills and Artillery Ridge are on this route and to serve them a roadhead was established on the Doiabi River at the point where the trail begins to ascend the ridges and beyond which it is impracticable to take vehicles. To reach the roadheads where 9th Australian Infantry Battalion had its Headquarters, it was necessary to cross twenty five fords over both the Laruma and Doiabi Rivers which only the larger vehicles could traverse. The road was rough and the water deep at some crossings, so it was with relief that the twenty fifth ford was reached.
This trail leads up a very steep mountain and along a razor back ridge from the 9 Battalion road head on the Numa Numa trail to George, Little George Hills and Arty Ridge where the 9 Battalion saw its
This painting is the earliest known artistic representation of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915 by a professional artist who was also a participant. It is a vivid watercolour sketch of
Depicts a view of the coast line at ANZAC Cove with vessels in the harbour. This work was created just weeks after the landing and it portrays the steep hills the soldiers had to attempt to overcome t
The Greek monastery of St George was built in the late fifth century. It is believed to contain the cave where Elijah was fed by the ravens. It was hewn out of the precipitous cliffs of the Wadi Kelt,
The bleached arid landscape extends beyond the horizon where a dense cityscape marks the viewer's entry to El Arish, on the Sinai Peninsula. In late December 1916 troops from the ANZAC Mounted Divisio
A soldier is weighed down by mail bags and parcels from home, as he trudges forward. Two of the bags are labelled 'G.R.' with a British crown above them. The bags hang form his neck, waist, ankles and