The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Egypt. c. 1915. Two soldiers, possibly members of the Machine Gun Squadron, 2nd Light Horse Brigade, stand in front of rows of food rations with sacks of supplies behind them in the desert. The food includes tins, boxes, small loaves of bread and rolls and possibly vegetables including onions and potatoes. Sawn logs of wood are also scattered amongst the bags. (Donor W. Buchanan)
A section of the Bread Store of the Australian Field Bakeries at Rouen, photographed to illustrate the method of packing bread for despatch to the front line troops. Loaves are stacked on four tiered
An unidentified sergeant at a training camp on the Salisbury Plain with some of the first vegetables grown there. Among the vegetables are potatoes (in the basket), parsnips, possibly beetroot and tw
Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1915. An Australian soldier with boxes and kerosene tins of provisions. The box at left is labelled: "Morris & Company's Supreme Corned Beef." The kerosene tin in the c
Royal Australian Navy sailors delivering weekly food supplies, including loaves of bread, to the crew of the boom working vessel, HMAS Kangaroo.
Egypt. c. 1915. Two soldiers, possibly members of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, beside a stack of full sacks and rows of unpacked stores on the desert sand. The rations consist mainly of bottles and ca
Depicts three soldiers baking bread, and removing the bread from oven. 3 Australian Field Bakery Company, General Details Issuing Depot; Corporal G A Moore, Private R K Brennan, Private C Oakes (all B
