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Photograph 002500 Second World War, 1939-1945A fully equipped and armed soldier on guard duty during his South African Army units participation in a training exercise in the veldt area.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An armed soldier (right) standing at ease during a period of guard duty to protect the wireless van which maintains essential communications between units of the South African Army units engaged in a training exercise in the veldt area.
A fully equipped and armed soldier on guard duty during his South African Army units participation in a training exercise in the veldt area.

With a Bren gun ammunition case as a barber's chair, a member of a South African Army unit gets a haircut while his unit is engaged in a training exercise in the veldt area.

The Officer Commanding (centre) issues his orders for the day for a training exercises in the veldt area for units of the South African Army under his command.

A group of officers of a South African Army unit discuss the results of a route march through the veldt area by the unit as part of a training exercise and manoeuvres.

An old campaigner has a shave while his South African Army unit is on a training exercise in the veldt area. He has also had his head shaven as a hygenic measure against dust and grime.

New Zealand. October 1942. A convoy of New Zealand Home Guard troops in snow covered country during a training exercise in the South Island. Military policemen on motor cycles direct the convoy to the
