The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ADELAIDE, SA. 1942-05. TENT LINES AROUND THE ADELAIDE OVAL PROBABLY USED TO HOUSE TROOPS IN TRANSIT. OPPOSITE IN THE GRANDSTAND SLEPT OTHER SOLDIERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF 2/1ST ARTILLERY SURVEY REGIMENT (SEE P1568/21). (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
ADELAIDE, SA. 1942. SOLDIERS SLEEP ON THE BENCH SEATS OF THE GRANDSTAND AT THE ADELAIDE OVAL. AMONGST THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST ARTILLERY SURVEY REGIMENT WHO SLEPT IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS FOR ABO
TENT LINES BESIDE THE RACE TRACK USED AT THE TIME AS A RECRUIT RECEPTION CAMP. IN JULY 1940 WHEN THERE WERE NO TENTS THE SOLDIERS SLEPT IN THE HORSES' LOOSE BOXES. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
ADELAIDE, SA. 1942. THE EXTERIOR OF CHEER UP HUT NO. 2 WITH GUARDS POSITIONED AT THE DOOR TO KEEP ORDER IN THE RECREATION HUT. THEY WERE STAFFED BY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDED REFRESHMENTS AND FACIL
GLENFIELD, NSW. 1940-11. TENT LINES AT THE 9TH RECRUIT RECEPTION BATTERY TRAINING CAMP. THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THE MESS AND ADMINISTRATION HUTS. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
Probably Sydney. c. 1916. Soldiers, possibly members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, tidy their kits and other belongings in the tent lines at a training camp in
KOBE, JAPAN, 1948-05-21. A VIEW OF THE RUINS OF KOBE HOUSE, USED AS NO. 1 PRISONER OF WAR CENTRE, TAKEN FROM THE OVAL. MANY AUSTRALIANS WERE HELD HERE 1942-1945. (DONOR R. K. DIXON)
