The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SINAI. A WHITE WOODEN CROSS MARKS THE GRAVE IN THE DESERT, SINAI PENINSULA, OF TROOPER G. SHUTTLEWORTH, 9TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (9ALH). THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE GRAVE IS MADE OF STEMS OF DATE PALM LEAVES WHICH WERE BROUGHT SOME CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE. (DONOR F.H. SMITH)
SINAI. 1916-04. A TYPE OF GUNYAH MADE OF PALM LEAVES IN THE DESERT AT HOD EL FATIA. IT WAS USED BY THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (2ALH) FIELD AMBULANCE INSTEAD OF A TENT FOR A DISPENSARY. (DONOR F.H.
GUNYAHS MADE OF DATE PALM LEAVES ERECTED BY 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (2ALH) FIELD AMBULANCE AT HASSAINYA, WHERE THE UNIT WAS CAMPED FROM 1916-11 TO 1917- 02. (DONOR F.H. SMITH)
THE CAMP OF THE 2ND LIGHT HORSE FIELD AMBULANCE AT BENI SELA, SINAI DESERT, IN 1917-06. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
The original grave of 1305 Trooper Bernard Scrymgour McKenzie, 11th Light Horse Regiment, who died of wounds in Palestine on 20 January 1918. Marked with a wooden cross, the grave is decorated with R
THE OPERATING TENT OF THE 2ND. A.L.H. FIELD AMBULANCE AT TEL-EL- FUKHARI, SINAI DESERT, 1917-06. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
A group of soldiers standing next to four white wooden crosses made for soldiers who were killed in action. The caption on the back states "some crosses we have made. Ready to be put on the boys grave
