The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gaunus (Gaunaus), Kalat Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10-29. Members of No. 7 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, prepare to ferry their men and equipment across the Tigris River in boats and pontoons at the Gaunus crossing. They were taking part in the Kalat Shergat offensive, their final encounter with the Turks before the Armistice. (Donor E. Keast Burke)
Gaunus (Gaunaus), Kalat Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10-29. Members of No. 10 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, sit amongst their equipment on the bank w
Gaunus, Kalat Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10-29. Members of No. 10 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, swim their horses behind their boat while crossing
Tekrit, Mesopotamia. 1918-10-18. The mast of No. 7 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, stands in a cloud of dust created by the horses of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.
Gaunus, Kalat Shergat, Mesopotamia. 1918-10-26. Mast and equipment of No. 10 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, with their horse lines in the background. The stat
Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10-27. Stationary armoured cars are passed by the horses and a dog of a cavalry column, possibly of the 11th British Cavalry Brigade, during the Kalat Shergat offe
Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. c. 1918-10-27. A Rolls Royce armoured car is manoeuvred down a slope on a newly constructed road through a nullah (ravine) during the Kalat Shergat offensive. The vehic
