The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 SEALED WITH MUD. THE OVENS ARE PREVIOUSLY HEATED BY WOOD FIRES AND THEN THE DOUGH IS PLACED ON THE HEARTHS AND THE OVEN SEALED. THE RESIDUAL HEAT OF THE BRICKS AND STONE HEARTH COOKS THE BATCH IN ABOUT ONE HOUR. (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
MOORA, WA. 1943-11-23. BAKERS OF NO 1 PLATOON, 11TH AUSTRALIA FIELD BAKERY REMOVING A BATCH OF BREAD FROM THE 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
Yanco, NSW. 1944-01-31. Italian prisoner of war (POWs) bakers at No. 15 POW of War Camp removing bread from the oven. In the foreground can be seen tins of dough ready to be baked.
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.
