The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Romsey, Hampshire, England. c. 1915-04. Informal outdoors group portrait of the cooks of the 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Park 4th Section standing in front of their field ovens from which tall chimneys are rising. One of the cooks (centre, left) is using a long rod or fork to turn pieces of meat in a tray which is resting on a wooden crate and which may have come out of the oven at rear. Another man (extreme left) is holding a large meat cleaver, while another near him is carrying a large dixie and yet another (centre, right) is holding a large ladle for soup or stew. A field oven with a smaller chimney stands in front of the kitchen tent (right). (Donor A. Harvey) (Original postcard print housed in AWM Archive Store)
Chipyong-ni area, Korea, 1951-03. Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), queue up at a mess parade at the IX Corps rest area where the battalion is taking a well-earned br
KENSINGTON?, NSW, C. 1914. A GROUP OF CADETS OF E.F. COMPANY, 24TH REGIMENT, ON MESS DUTY, POSING WITH THEIR MESSING EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF ROWS OF TENTS SET UP ON WHAT IS PROBABLY K
Probably Songju, Korea, c. 1950-10-05. Members of the Machine Gun Section, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), most of them bare-chested in the midday sun, gather around a campfire o
Laverton, Vic. C. 1945-04. WAAAF cooks removing a tray of food from an oven in the kitchen at RAAF Station Laverton.
Egypt. c. 1916. Informal portrait of a group of cooks and their local assistants in a camp kitchen amongst tent lines, possibly of the 20th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). They are holding vario
CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-13. PRIVATE A. GRAHAM (1), PRIVATE J.P. GROGAN (2), AND PRIVATE A.A. DAVIS (3) PEELING POTATOES. THE UNIT COOK, PRIVATE C.A. BARKER (4), IS PLACING A TRAY OF
