The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. 1916. Members of 20th Australian Army Supply Corps watch as a local man empties a crate of large bread loaves into the back of an articulated horse drawn wagon at a bread baking factory. The original caption reads `This is where we have to go to get the bread to supply all our units here. Some ten thousand loaves are required. It is situated about five miles from the camp on the Cairo road. I always try to get this job as we can take our time on it & at the same time get a couple of fresh loaves for ourselves.'
Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. c. 1916. Tall, vertical stone ovens at a bread making factory used to supply troops based at nearby camps, stand behind an Army tent used to store supplies of flour. The origin
Kurdistan. 1919. Four members of `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, share a plate of round Indian bread chapatis offered to them by an Indian soldier in the out
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1943-08-08. BAKERS OF THE 12TH SUPPLY PERSONNEL COMPANY, PLACING LOAVES OF FRESHLY BAKED BREAD ON A CONVEYOR BELT AFTER TAKING THEM FROM THE OVEN. THE CONVEYOR BELT
Russia, c. 1916. Soldiers of the Russian Army baking great numbers of loaves of bread to feed the troops. The men in the pits at left are using long poles to place the bread dough in brick ovens. Fire
Russia, c. 1916. Soldiers of the Russian Army baking great numbers of loaves of bread to feed the troops. The men in the pits at left are using long poles to place the bread dough in brick ovens. Fire
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-17. PERSONNEL OF SECTION 2, 8 FIELD BAKING PLATOON REMOVING A BATCH OF NEW LOAVES FROM THE OVEN. 6,600 POUNDS OF BREAD IS BAKED HERE DAILY GIVING EACH MAN IN HEADQUARTERS
