The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairo, Egypt. c. March 1916. Soldiers of 20th Australian Army Supply Corps move amongst lines of fully laden wagons outside the Palace de Koubeh railway station before leaving for the Suez Canal Zone. Standing beside a group of horses is 8932 Driver Jack (John) McKenzie, arguing with another soldier, Gregor MacGregor. The original caption reads `We have had nothing to eat since leaving camp & he is here seen putting the hard word on me for some biscuits & tobacco. The only thing I could give him was a drink of water & tooth pick.' (See also P00037.023)
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
Australian soldiers of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion are shown carrying supplies to forward areas in the Finisterre Ranges in New Guinea. Normally New Guinean men assisted with this work b
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