The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vladivostok, Russia. c. 1919-01. Icefloes in the ocean towards offshore islands as viewed from the site of one of Koltchak's Officers Schools. Amongst the instructors at the Russian School were former members of Dunsterforce including Captain Cecil Judge, who after teaching at the School made his way back to Australia by ship from the port. The main purpose of Dunsterforce was to reorganise resistance in Mesopotamia and Persia to German penetration of Asia during the period 1918 to 1919. During this time many of the officers had extensive experience training and commanding Russian troops.
Vladivostok, Russia. c. 1919-01. Informal group portrait of four members of the staff of one of Koltchak's Officers Schools. The instructors, dressed in thick fur coats, are standing in the snow outsi
Baku, Russia. 1918. Side view of a Russian armoured car which was captured by the British. Members of Dunsterforce gave control of the vehicles to some Russian officers (from London) who were issued w
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 Dunste
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. 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. 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
