The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915-05. 125 Sapper (Spr) Arthur George Wade (left) and Spr George Gibson Paterson, both members of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company, resting in their first dugout on Gallipoli. The roof of the dugout is formed of a thick length of timber with sandbags on top of it. Beneath the roof, the two soldiers have rigged up a small shelf on which tins of food are resting. In the background (top), a shell is bursting on Plugge's Plateau. Spr Paterson, who is sitting on a biscuit tin and smoking a pipe, later was awarded an MM and an MC in France, while Spr Wade was awarded an MM.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. George Patterson (right) and A.Wade of the 1st Australian Division Signal Company resting in a shelter in the ANZAC area. Shells can be seen bursting on Plugge's Pla
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. George Patterson (right) and A.Wade of the 1st Australian Division Signal Company resting in a shelter in the ANZAC area. Shells can be seen bursting on Plugge's Pla
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. December 1915. Turkish shells bursting on edge of Plugge's Plateau, but meant for battery on top.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. December 1915. Turkish shells bursting on edge of Plugge's Plateau, but meant for battery on top.
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. A communication trench in an Australian position on 400 Plateau, looking across at Plugge's Plateau and Russell's Top. Note that the trench is reinforced with
Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. c May 1915. A communication trench in an Australian position on 400 Plateau, looking across at Plugge's Plateau and Russell's Top. Note that the trench is reinforced with
Lemnos, Greece. c. 1915-12. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company opening Christmas billies and reading letters or messages from home soon after t
