The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Persia. 1918. A local old man with a broad smile on his face sits in the back of a Ford van. The van was part of a convoy of members of Dunsterforce preparing for departure. The main purpose of Dunsterforce was to reorganise resistance in Mesopotamia and Persia to German penetration of Asia during the period 1918 to 1919.
Persia. 1918. A convoy of over ten Ford vans formed up ready for departure with two members of Dunsterforce standing to the side. Amongst the stores in the back of a few of the vans are some local men
Persia. 1918. Two members of Dunsterforce, ? Pay (? Lieutenant P. Lay or ? Captain Arthur Hay, of New Zealand) and Captain C. L. McVilly (right), speak with some local children seated on the ground. I
1918-08. Portrait of Major General L. C. Dunsterville, British Officer of the Indian Regular Army, leader of the Dunsterforce expedition which included forty members of the AIF. He is seated in a Ford
Persia. 1918. Members of Dunsterforce crossing a stone and wooden bridge over a stream. The party on the bridge consists of local men leading pack mules while others walk in front and are watched by a
Dunsterforce irregulars in the raw state. The main purpose of Dunsterforce was to reorganise resistance in Mesopotamia and Persia to German penetration of Asia during the period 1918 to 1919. The ex
Mesopotamia. 1918. Elevated view of huts used as accommodation by members of Dunsterforce. The walls of the huts were made of canvas to allow ventilation in summer and were protected with solid timber
