The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men and horses probably of the 1st Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), aboard the transport ship City of Benares en route from Lemnos to Gallipoli. The soldiers are sitting or standing on deck, while the animals occupy stalls on the top deck and in the hold beneath. Some of the horses (left) are feeding from small metal troughs attached to the front of their stalls. One horse (centre) has on a nosebag. At right are some Indians who are members of the ship's crew.
Lemnos, Greece, c. 1915-04. Soldiers probably of the 1st Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), sit and stand on the deck of the transport ship City of Benares prior to the vessel's d
A soldier, standing next to the troops latrines, checking on the officers' horses which are feeding from portable troughs, while being transported to Egypt on board HMAT Ulysses. Three soldiers are o
Lemnos, Greece, c. 1915-04. Soldiers probably of the 1st Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), attach a sling connected to a hoist to one of the unit's horses (left) so that the anim
A soldier waters the horses on board the troopship HMAT Wiltshire, which was en route to Alexandria. During the six week voyage of the first Australian contingent, 224 horses died from a total of 7843
A group of Australian Light Horsemen undertake a reconnaissance of an area before the advance of troops. The horses in their lines are feeding from troughs.
Some of the above decks horse stalls on board the troop transport HMAT Armadale (A26) sailing in the Indian Ocean. An unidentified soldier, possibly from the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, has c
