The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS REPAIRING AND CLEANING WELL AT KHALASSA, 12 MILES S.W. OF BEERSHEBA, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE TURKS BEFORE RETREATING. THE HUGE TANK IN THE BACKGROUND WITH A CAPACITY OF 40,000 GALLONS WAS ALSO BLOWN UP BY THE ENEMY. TAKEN ABOUT THE END OF 1917-10. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
Cross-sectional model showing a bell-shaped water well and pump. The model includes a cross-section of the bedrock as well as the desert sand above. The well sits within a depression and is lined with
A BRIDGE ON THE MAIN ROAD GAZA-JAFFA AT JISR ESDUD, WHICH WAS BLOWN UP BY THE TURKS IN THEIR RETREAT AFTER THE FALL OF GAZA AND BEERSHEBA. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED BY THE EGYPTIAN LABOR CORPS SOME OF W
A locomotive and well at Beersheba, blown up by the retreating Turkish forces after the town had been captured in a successful charge by the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse Regiments on 31 October
A well at Khalassa which was destroyed by the Turks, rebuilt and worked by Australian Engineers. Identified from left to right: 2794 Sapper Emanuel Henry Loftus; Lance Corporal Strang; and 429 Lance C
Cross-sectional model showing a bell-shaped water well and pump. The model includes a cross-section of the bedrock as well as the desert sand above. The well sits within a depression and is lined with
BARCE, LIBYA. 1942-01. INDIAN TROOPS REPAIRING THE ROADWAY IN THE BARCE PASS WHERE IT WAS BLOWN UP BY THE RETREATING ITALIANS.
A TURKISH CEMETERY AT MESKEH, ABOUT 30 MILES N.E. OF JAFFA (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
