The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mesopotamia. c. 1917. Line of ten members of a complete pack station of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. They are equipped with a mobile wireless set carried as packs on the horses on specially built frames strapped on to the pack saddles. The personnel of the station were one Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in charge, a corporal in charge of transport, operators and drivers - all mounted. Each driver had a pack horse to lead and look after. Each operator had a distinct number of duties in the erection of the station, thus enabling a set to be erected and be in communication within seven or eight minutes. (Donor E. Keast Burke)
Kurdistan. 1919. A station of `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, erected on the steep side of a mountain. A canvas shelter has been placed on the mast above the
Mosul, Mesopotamia. 1918-11-05. Front view of a German wireless set of the Telefunken type which members of No. 13 and No. 14 Stations, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force,
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment connected ready for transmitting. Beside the vehicles are their drivers from No. 14 Light Motor Station, 1
A military training film produced by the Strand Film Co., Ltd. This film illustrates the individual duties of each man in the erection of No. 11 wireless set ground station in the field from a truck a
Tuz Khurmatli, Mesopotamia. 1918-06-07. Mobile wireless station of No. 8 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, erected in the desert. They had taken over from No. 12
Amadia (Amidya) Valley, Kurdistan. c. 1919-07. Members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, enjoy a meal beside a mobile wireless unit. Behind them is a line of soldi
