The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 vehicles were part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and were supported by No. 13 Light Motor Wireless Station, 1st Wireless Signals Squadron. (Donor E. Keast Burke)
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
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 a
Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10-26. Line of armoured cars of the Light Armoured Motor Battery (LAMB), 55th Infantry Brigade, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, during the Kalat Shergat offensiv
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.
Kalat Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. 1918-10. A soldier looks southward over the ruins of the ancient city of Asshur. The hill he is standing on is all that remains of the temple tower. Moving along
Ain Nukhailah, Jebel (Jabal) Hamrin, Mesopotamia. 1918-10. A row of canvas water tanks filled with fresh water by a pump connected to a well. The horse troughs were made ready for the cavalry brigades
