The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Northern France, c. 1917. A rooster named "Jack" or "Jackie", the mascot of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, perched atop a neat stack of rifles. Members of the unit found "Jack" a better guard than a dog, as he attacked any strangers who entered the unit lines. The unit had brought the bird from Egypt in 1916 when it was still a chicken. (Donor B. Garcia)
Northern France, 1917. A row of tents comprising the tent lines of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, with a neat stack of rifles in front of each tent. Perched atop the stack of rifles in t
2649 Driver Walter Henry Farrell of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, with the unit mascot, a rooster named 'Jack' or 'Jackie', perched on his shoulder. Members of the unit had brought the animal fr
Northern France, c. 1917. 4871 Sapper John Weatherup Lenegan MM, a bugler with the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, playing his bugle while the unit mascot, a rooster named "Jack" or "Jackie",
Blangy-Tronville, France, 1918. Dugouts occupied by the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, in an area east of Amiens. At left is the makeshift post office indicated by a sign with, next to it, a
Outdoor portrait of 3926 Private (Pte) Frederick John Whitcher (seated) and 1708 Private William Harold (Willie) Martin, both of the 50th Battalion, posing with the mascot dog of a section of the unit
Group portrait of Pilots and Administative Officers of No. 451 Squadron RAAF on stand by. Back row, left to right: all four unidentified. Middle row: first four men unidentified; 402716 Flying Officer
