The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A soldier, possibly a member of the 5th Light Horse Brigade, sits astride a mule as it pulls an ambulance cycle cart which contains another man in the semi-covered litter. Note the cart's large wheels which proved to be too light for the hard usage required of them especially in the soft sand of the desert.
IN A RAID EAST OF RAFA IN 1916-07, THE A.L.H. RETURNED WITH ONLY ONE CAPTURE, A FEEBLE OLD BEDOUIN, WHO WAS BROUGHT IN IN AN AMBULANCE CYCLE CART. THESE CYCLE CARTS CONSISTED OF LITTER BALANCED BETWEE
Palestine. c. 1917. Two soldiers, probably members of the 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance, sit astride their mules as they pull a canvas covered ambulance sand cart. Note the wide steel rims on each w
A horse drawn sand cart, with wide tyred wheels, for conveying sick and wounded men across the desert. Two men are seated inside and one outside, all unidentified.
Depicts a two-wheeled ambulance cart with a red cross canvas cover , flying a red cross flag. The cart is drawn by four bay draught horses, two riders (facing the right of the image and away from the
Palestine. c. 1917. A soldier, probably a member of the 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance, sits on the pole of a canvas covered ambulance sand cart. Beside him is a similiar wagon also with saddles and
ROMANI, EGYPT, 1916. WATCHED BY OTHER LIGHT HORSE MEN LIEUTENANT NORMAN MATTHEW PEARCE, 6TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (6ALH), SITS IN THE BACK OF A SAND CART, PROBABLY ON HIS WAY TO HOSPITAL AT ISMAILIA.
