The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairo, Egypt. November 1915. Spectators line the edge of a track, probably at a racecourse outside Cairo. The original caption, by 8932 Driver Jack (John) O. McKenzie, 20th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), reads `The track is ready for the Officers flat race. The finish was very exciting & each unit barracking for their Officer. Our Officer finished second & by trying to make a close finish of it strained his neck. We are now feeding him on bread & milk'.
Cairo, Egypt. November 1915. Local men serve at the tables of an outdoor eating area at a racecourse outside Cairo, while soldiers and civilians gather in front of a grandstand in the background. The
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
Probably Heliopolis, Egypt. c. September 1915. A group of spectators surrounds 8932 Driver Jack (John) O. McKenzie, 20th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), with his arm raised, as he declares the w
Nine soldiers including 8932 Driver Jack (John) O. McKenzie, 20th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), and other members of 20th AASC poke their heads through the side opening of a tent which has bee
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
Cairo, Egypt. December 1915. A civilian woman presents a Christmas billy to a soldier while watched by another woman and an officer. A soldier in the foreground wearing staff sergeant and wheeler/cart
