The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WWI. 'HELPING AN AMBULANCE THROUGH THE MUD. HEAVY RAINS OFTEN MADE THE BRITISH FRONT A QUAGMIRE, AND OUR "TOMMIES" HAD TO PUT THEIR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEELS OF AMBULANCE AND OTHER WAGONS'.
View from Stirling Castle which commanded an extensive sweep over the Australian lines, showing two derelict tanks and, in the distance, Sanctuary Wood. Churned by shells and flooded with heavy rains,
PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIED HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR THIGHS IN MUD. AM
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-31. AN INFANTRYMAN OF 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE LOOKING ALONG THE BUIN ROAD WEST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. DUE TO HEAVY RAINS THE ROAD HAS NOW BECOME A QUAGMIRE AND THE ONLY MEANS OF TRAVE
PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD, AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. AMERICAN TROOPS ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN THE AUSTRALIANS NEAR SANANANDA. HEAVY RAINS
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-21. TROOPS OF 3 SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON, LOADING RATIONS ON TO A JEEP AND TRAILER AT THE OGORATA DETAIL ISSUING DEPOT. THE NATIVES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE LAYING CORDUROY IN AN EFFORT
Imita Ridge, Papua, 1942-10. Two native carriers and a member of 2/4th Field Ambulance slowly climb the so-called 'Golden Stairs' towards Ioribaiwa. Each step was battened at its edge by a rough log w
