The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal group portrait of unidentified signallers of the 2/19th Battalion. Note they are all armed with Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifles, and are wearing 1908 Pattern webbing which was the same pattern used by Australian troops during the First World War. There are a number of two gallon water cans on the ground.
Group portrait of unidentified National Servicemen attached to C Company, 13th National Service Battalion who have just completed a training exercise in the bush. They are wearing combat webbing and a
An unidentified officer (wearing light coloured trousers, centre) conducting a pre-guard inspection of national servicemen's weapons. The soldiers are armed with Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifl
An unidentified column of Australian infantry standing at rest during a training march in the desert. Note the three cyclists walking their bicycles through the desert sand. The men are armed with Sh
Informal portrait of Private Ron Rorich of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and Cape Town, South Africa, enjoying a cigarette before he goes up on The Hook. Note that he is wea
Informal portrait of S6756 Stoker Richard Lawrence (Laurie) Johnson at HMAS Melville, Darwin. He is wearing khaki clothing and webbing and is armed with a Mk III Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle, fitt
Two unidentified Australian soldiers point out likely enemy positions to an American soldier (right). One Australian (left) is armed with a Short Magazine Lee Enfield .303 rifle (SMLE). The soldier po
