The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairo, Egypt. c.1942. RAAF members sitting on a railway station platform surrounded by luggage, about to board a train en route to the Middle East, after being with an Operational Training Unit. The man squatting in the middle is Tony Watson who was later killed in action. (Original print housed in the AWM Archive Store).
Kantara East, Palestine. 1940-09-02. Members of 2/2nd Battalion line up on the railway platform after disembarking from a train. They were en route from Julis, Palestine, to desert training in Egypt.
Kantara East, Palestine. 1940-09-02. Sign at the railway station with members of 2/2nd Battalion in the background. They were en route from Palestine to desert training in Egypt. (Original housed in A
Kenya, North Africa. c.1942. Gunner Ken Gardiner, Gunner Cliff Briggs and Tony Watson, all members of the RAAF, standing in a field while out shooting. (Original print housed in the AWM Archive Store)
SOUTH AFRICA. SOLDIERS LOAD HORSES ONTO A TRAIN AT A CROWDED RAILWAY SIDING WHILE CIVILIAN PASSENGERS WAIT WITH THEIR LUGGAGE. CAPTION READS 'VERTREK DUITSCH-COMMANDO'. (ORIGINAL PRINT IN AWM ARCHIVE
Pretoria, South Africa. 1901-06-05. Lord Kitchener (left) and General Pole-Carew walk along the platform of the railway station. In the background soldiers sit on the edge of the platform. (Original s
Kantara West, Palestine. 1940-09-02. Members of 2/2nd Battalion in a train en route from Julis, Palestine, to Egypt where they were to begin desert training. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
