The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Exterior of two adjacent buildings on the waterfront used as British Headquarters by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. Note the British flag (Union Jack) flying from the roof of one of the buildings.
Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-02-25. Aerial view of the town showing the British trenches of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force at the top and the famous bitumen wells. On the bank of the Euphrates River i
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1918-11. Crowds of local people holding British Union Jack flags line the roof tops of city buildings after the signing of the Armistice. In front of them a guard is formed by me
Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Two members of No. 3 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, with their horses, visiting the bitumen pits near the town. Pitch drawn from th
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-11. Extensively damaged buildings and equipment in the yard of the railway station. Note the smoke rising from stores in the background set alight by the retreating Germa
Sahiliyeh, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Aerial view of tent lines of the camp of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force including members of 1st Wireless Signal Squadron on the upper Euphrates River between Hi
Mesopotamia. c. 1918. Side view of a lorry wireless set mounted on a Daimler chassis used by members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The vans were transferred fr
