The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The HMAT Varsova returning to Bombay as seen from a bellum (small native canoe) out in the stream of the Shatt-al-Arab, Basrah.
Typical inland water transport river tug (number ST25) and barge seen from the deck of HMAT Varsova. A fleet of 1600 vessels was maintained on the two rivers.
Members of the 'D' Troop 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron leaving camp at Makina (near Basrah) en route embarkation to Bombay.
Members of D Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, arriving No 2 Alexandria Docks, Bombay ex Basrah, from HM Ambulance Transport, Varela. The soldier in the foreground is Sapper Jack Tibbet
Looking down from the Whiteley Bridge onto the Ashar Creek at Basrah. The creek teams with bellums (native canoes) used extensively on the waters around Basrah, earning them the title of 'the Venice o
The town of Amarah as seen from the river. Amarah was an important town on the Tigris River, about 130 miles from Basrah. The town was an important military centre, in the early part of the 20th Ce
Some of the rooftops of a section of the city of Baghdad as seen from the summit of the Minaret Suq-Al-Ghazal.
