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Photograph J00489 First World War, 1914-1918Sikh Pioneers constructing the railway line at Shellal, Palestine. Note the baskets on the ground used to carry soil.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sikh Pioneers making a railway cutting into Wady Ghuzze between June and July 1917. Note the stacks of woven baskets used to carry the soil.
Sikh Pioneers constructing the railway line at Shellal, Palestine. Note the baskets on the ground used to carry soil.

Sikh pioneers cutting the railway at Shellal, Wady Ghuzze, Palestine.

Sikh Pioneers working at a railway cutting and embankment in Wady Ghuzze at Shellal.

Tents of the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance at Shellal on Wady Ghuzze, between June and July 1917.

WADY GHUZZE, PALESTINE. 1917-04. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND FIELD SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WITH THE STEEL WHEEL TYRE THEY USED TO CONSTRUCT A CUTTING THROUGH THE RIVER BANK.

WADY GHUZZE, PALESTINE. 1917-04. MEMBERS OF 2ND FIELD SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MAKING A CUTTING THROUGH THE RIVER BANK USING A SCOOP MADE FROM A STEEL WHEEL TYRE DURING OPERATIONS AGAINST GAZA.
