The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two unidentified Australian soldiers enjoying a smoke in the shelter of their improvised corrugated iron billet behind the lines. The pipe smoking soldier in the foreground is wearing an Australian manufactured sheepskin jacket.
Four unidentified men sorting through empty shell cases which were collected from Australian and Turkish guns, ready to be refilled and reused. The Turkish cases were used for making improvised bombs
Near Le Barque, France. Unidentified Australian soldiers filling sandbags to strengthen the newly won Australian positions during the advance on the Somme in early 1917. A few of the soldiers are sm
An unidentified Australian fatigue party engaged in salving wire from an abandoned prisoner of war cage. Colour patches indicate several soldiers are members of the 2nd Division Headquarters. On the
Three unidentified soldiers of the 5th Battalion serving in the Suez Canal defences, holding rifles sitting outside a shelter made with waterproof sheets. The soldier in the centre is smoking a pipe
The temporary 23rd Battalion headquarters at 'Lost Ravine', soldiers are standing in the foreground. A corrugated iron shelter is centre right and a doorway to a trench can be seen in the background.
Two Australian soldiers enjoying a warm drink outside their snow covered corrugated iron dugout at Mametz Wood, in France, in January 1917. Behind the man on the left can be seen the handle of a spade
