The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Egypt. c. 1915. Teams on horseback, including members of Second Company, 20th Australian Army Supply Corps (AASC), take part in a tug of war competition. The soldiers lean back in their saddles pulling on the rope which can be seen pulled taut in front of the heads of the spectators in the middle. The team in the foreground were the winners, with the photographer, Private Jack (John) O. McKenzie, lamenting in the original caption `We were hopelessly beaten in this item & I'm sure if they were pulling for a decent dinner they would starve'.
Group portrait of unidentified members and Sergeant Lewis of the 32nd Battalion, second from left, front row, of the tug-of-war team from Murren, who were the winners of the tug-of-war competition at
A group portrait of the winners of the tug-of-war competition at a sports day at the prisoner of war (POW) at Stalag VIIA in Moosburg.
The last sports day of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade showing the tug-of-war competition. Spectators are in the background.
A tug o'war on horseback sports day competition in Egypt. This photograph is in an album relating to the service of 1395 Roy Cadell Traill who served with the 13th Battalion Headquarters in Egypt at t
Egypt. c. September 1915. Two soldiers, bare-chested and with shaved heads, take part in a boxing competition amongst tent lines. Behind them is a group of spectators one of whom holds a clock, while
Egypt. c. 1915. Soldiers, including members of 2nd Company, 20th Australian Army Supply Corps (AASC), take part in a wrestling on horseback competition. In the centre of the photograph wearing a hat a
