The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Port Suez, Egypt. December 1916. Members of the Australian Light Horse are transferring their horses from the wharf onto the waiting train after arriving by SS Wiltshire. The train has special carriages that have been fitted with stalls for transporting the horses. (Donor. P. Hancock)
On board A18 SS Wiltshire after leaving Port Melbourne with soldiers from the 4th Light Horse Regiment feeding their horses in their stalls.
El Dabaa, Egypt, c. 1916-01. A train used for carrying troops, animals and equipment stands at a siding near the Mediterranean coast (not in view). An armour-plated pillbox, in which machine guns are
Egypt. c. 1916. An informal group of 'C subsection' of an unknown Australian Light Horse regiment. Note the kitbags beside the group and their horses in the background. (Donor P. Hancock)
Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. c. 1916. Members of the Australian Light Horse and their horses waiting to cross a pontoon bridge over the Suez Canal. The bridge had been swung open to enable shipping to move
A view of an ambulance train arriving at the wharf in Port Tewfik, Suez. The men were conveyed by ferry to the hospital ship “Oranje” waiting in the harbour.
Beirut, Lebanon. ?1918. Members of the 5th Light Horse Brigade crowd the wharf waiting to embark on the troopship HMTS Ellenga for Egypt. (Donor I. Smith)
