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Photograph E00172 First World War, 1914-1918An unidentified Australian soldier attempting to obtain a drink from a frozen tank.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An unidentified Australian soldier endeavouring to obtain a dixie of water from a frozen tank.
An unidentified Australian soldier attempting to obtain a drink from a frozen tank.

An unidentified Australian soldier attempting to obtain a drink under a frozen tank. The winter of 1916-1917 was the first winter the Australians experienced in France and its severity served to hard

An unidentified Australian soldier filling a water can (petrol tin) from a frozen shell hole. Surrounding the shell hole is a thick blanket of snow.

Portrait of an unidentified member of the 24th Australian Battalion at a frozen water point. He is wearing a sheepskin vest and balaclava. Large icicles hang from the timber beams.

An unidentified soldier, probably a member of the 1st Battalion,The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), cooks a meal in a dixie on a small fire, at a hillside camp in Korea.

An unidentified sergeant with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), uses a dixie to fill a can with icy water from a stream. Snow lies on the grass of the high bank. The sergeant
