The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Although dated 11 March 1918, Lambert sketched at Tel el Saba on the 12th, the day after he had worked at Beersheba. It is five kilometers east of Beersheba and had been a crucial position to take before the main attack on 31 October 1917. Its rocky summit was an ideal position for infantry and machine guns and two rows of trenches around its steep sides provided the enemy with control of the wide bare plains to the east and south. Lambert described Tel el Saba as 'the scene of such brilliant fighting by the Anzac Mounted Division on the right flank of the Beersheba affair.'
Depicts the Remount Camp at Moascar, North Egypt. The view of the camp is from Major 'Banjo' Paterson's tent. Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson, poet and journalist, was in charge of the Remounts Sect
Beersheba, was a heavily fortified town 43 km from the Turkish bastion of Gaza, and the scene of an historic charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade on 31 October 1917. Lambert visited there in March 19
Depicts no-mans lands at Jebel Saba near Nalin. Lambert made a brief visit to the front line which was then at Nalin in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem. The 7th Light Horse occupied small fortifie
Panoramic and topographical landscape looking East across the Jordan Valley from about Tel el Truny. "Musallabah", "The Bluff" and Abu Tellul are in the distance. During June 1918 Tel el Truny was an
Thirteenth page of the sketchbook titled, 'Pocket Book No 2 containing 18 notes, material & pictures,' which was used by George Lambert. A sketch of a bucking horse appears on the front of the page, w
Buff painted steel panel sign with the name 'TEL EL EISA' painted upon it in both Roman and Arabic characters. The lettering is in black, as is the border to the sign. A small maker's marking reading
El Arish was a large village on the coastal route across the Sinai desert about forty-five miles south west of Gaza. In 1916 El Arish had been under Turkish rule for two years,and was captured by the
