The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03. Members of the printing section of the British Sappers and Miners Unit engaged in setting type in the field for corps orders. Note how their printing equipment was carried in yakdans (boxes specially designed for pack transport). The unit was part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force for which wireless communication was the responsibility of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron.
BAGHDAD, MESOPOTAMIA. C. 1918. A CONVOY OF HORSE DRAWN WAGONS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT, PROBABLY FOR THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS SIGNAL SQUADRON, MESOPOTAMIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD.
MESOPOTAMIA. C. 1917. MOTOR RAILWAY AMBULANCE CARRIAGES OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FOR WHICH THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS SIGNAL SQUADRON PROVIDED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT.
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1919-01. Elevated group portrait of members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, assembled near the city prior to embarkation for Australia. (Do
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment connected ready for transmitting. Beside the vehicles are their drivers from No. 14 Light Motor Station, 1
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1917-04. Three operators with 1st Wireless Signal Squadron on duty in the interception room in Squadron Headquarters. This was in a billet in New Street opposite the General H
MESOPOTAMIA. C. 1917. MOUNTED SOLDIERS WITH PACK HORSES AT A CAMP OF THE 1ST WIRELESS SIGNAL SQUADRON, MESOPOTAMIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. IT IS POSSIBLY A MOBILE WIRELESS STATION WITH SQUADRON HEADQUAR
