The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
El Dabaa, Egypt, c. 1916-01. A train used for carrying troops, animals and equipment stands at a siding near the Mediterranean coast (not in view). An armour-plated pillbox, in which machine guns are normally mounted, stands on the rear end of the flatcar (left) to protect the train. Manned by Gurkhas, this car was used in action against the Turks in their attack on the Suez Canal. At centre, several soldiers of the 1st Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), stand at the door of a special carriage that is fitted with stalls for transporting horses.
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 stan
PAPUA. GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. CORPORAL R. F. RODGERS, D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, WARNS THE TANK CREW ABOUT AN
South Africa. c.1900. Service personnel including a medical orderly lying on top of a covered railway carriage at a siding in a country area. The train was part of No. 2 Stationary Hospital on its way
Austrian mountain gun, no 1549 and carriage no 3006. This was a light infantry support weapon with a range of up to 3 km. The weapon could be broken into three loads for transport, and fired a rang
A lady worker of the Victorian League stands on the platform with two buckets, distributing fruit and cigarettes through an open window in the train carriage. The returned Australian prisoners of war
An Egyptian Red Crescent train stands at the railway station ready to convey wounded Australian soldiers to Cairo, where various hospitals were located. The sign on the side of the carriage reads 'Egy
