The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOBRUK. THESE "ALDERSHOT" OVENS, THOUGH OF VERY SIMPLE DESIGN, SERVE TO KEEP THE TROOPS AT TOBRUK SUPPLIED WITH BREAD. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
THE ARMY LIVES NOT ALONE ON 'HARD TACK' AND BULLY: HERE THE TOBRUK BAKERS ARE REMOVING THE DAILY BREAD FROM "ALDERSHOT" OVENS IN THE FIELD. THESE ARE PRIMITIVE BUT EFFICIENT OVENS BUILT OF BRICK AND S
THE ARMY LIVES NOT ALONE ON 'HARD TACK' AND BULLY: HERE THE TOBRUK BAKERS ARE REMOVING THE DAILY BREAD FROM "ALDERSHOT" OVENS IN THE FIELD. THESE ARE PRIMITIVE BUT EFFICIENT OVENS BUILT OF BRICK AND S
THE ARMY LIVES NOT ALONE ON 'HARD TACK' AND BULLY: HERE THE TOBRUK BAKERS ARE REMOVING THE DAILY BREAD FROM "ALDERSHOT" OVENS IN THE FIELD. THESE ARE PRIMITIVE BUT EFFICIENT OVENS BUILT OF BRICK AND S
Tel el Kebir, Egypt. c. 1917. Drawing a batch of bread from the ovens at the 5th Field Bakery, AIF. The ovens are Aldershot pattern ground ovens, covered with soil.
Drawing the first batch of bread baked by the 1st Australian Field Bakery at 'K' Beach, Imbros. The ovens shown are Aldershot pattern ground ovens.
Oven, Aldershot Pattern, Mk II. The oven is comprised of two sheets of iron, approximately 1500mm in length, rolled into a semi-circular shape. Each sheet is reinforced on each end and in the middle