The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades) with communications during operations around Kut. The original caption noted that the mud was so tenacious that an hour's rain was sufficient to immobilise troops for a week.
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 dur
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)
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. Tents of the wireless stations of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron with the British Riverhead and Advanced Base at Arab Village near Kut. The wireless stations w
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-01. Elevated view of the plains around Sanniyat (Fort Abdul Wahad) looking towards Kut. This was the scene of a large bombardment by members of the British Cavalry D
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
Shumran, Mesopotamia. 1917-02-24. Members of the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades) cross a pontoon bridge at dawn. The bridge was constructed by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Fo
