The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 from Egypt in 1916 when it was still a chick. They found 'Jack' a better guard than a dog, as he attacked any stranger who entered the unit lines.
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
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
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
Group portrait of twelve Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) personnel, Christmas 1944. Identified from left to right; VX84692 Staff Sergeant Clifford Mervyn (Cliff) Tallents, ‘Z’ Special Unit; unidentif
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
