The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Felayieh, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-01. A covered wagon of `E' Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, under its wireless mast. The main task of this stationary station during the operations around Kut with the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades) was to process communications for 1 Corps Headquarters at Felayieh. Note the tent lines, probably of the Cavalry, in the background.
Felayieh, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-01. A member of `E' Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, operating a wireless in the back of a covered horse drawn wagon. The main ta
Kut-el-Amira, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-02. Water logged ground surrounding the tent lines of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The Squadron was supporting the British Cav
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-01. A wireless aerial erected half mast by members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron behind members of the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades)
Hai-Town, Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1917-02. Members of `H' Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, with a mobile wireless mast they had erected to contact Headquarters (GHQ) of the British Cavalry Di
Ali Gharbi, Kut, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-02. Members of `C' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, composed mainly of New Zealanders reinforced with some Australians, rest under their wireless mast. They w
Kut-el-Amira, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-01. New Zealand members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, preparing a meal in a mobile kitchen during a bivouac with members of
