The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1916-06-13. Informal portrait of members of `A' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, in fancy dress costume on the deck of the steamer SS Morea en route to the Middle East. They were celebrating the crossing of the Equator (the Crossing of the Line). Owing to accidents on other transports such ceremonies were later forbidden by AIF headquarters.
A group of Australian soldiers en route to Vietnam celebrate the crossing of the Equator on the deck of HMAS Sydney. The soldiers, some in fancy dress, surround a mock vessel made of timber and hessia
Samarra (Samarrah), Mesopotamia. 1917-12-25. Members of `E' Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, enjoy Christmas dinner inside a tent. Note the fancy dress hats on
Group portrait of unidentified seamen in fancy dress costume as Father Neptune and his entourage on board the destroyer HMAS Yarra. On the left in the front row is a bugler holding a mascot dog. The
THE CEREMONIES ABOARD THE "STAR OF VICTORIA" WHEN CROSSING THE EQUATOR, WITH THE 8TH A.L.H. REGIMENT. EN ROUTE FOR EGYPT. (PURCHASED FROM MR. S. SAYERS.)
At sea. 1916-02. Informal group portrait of troops, including members of Pack Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, on the deck of SS Khyber on their way to the Middle
Troops on board the transport ship SS Marathon watch games associated with the traditional naval 'crossing the line' ceremony, which takes place when a ship crosses the equator. Sailors who are crossi
