The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYRIA. THE ARABS, ALTHOUGH OF A FRIENDLY CHARACTER AND GENERALLY WITHOUT VICE, ARE INHERENTLY KLEPTOMANIAC SO THAT WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT FOUND THAT MUCH OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS MISSING THE LOCAL HEADMAN WAS ROUNDED UP AND PERSUADED TO HELP IN THE SEARCH. PRIVATE J. MITCHELL 'CONDUCTED' THE ARAB HEADMAN ON THE SEARCH WHICH PROVED QUITE SUCCESSFUL. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
SYRIA. MEN OF THE 7TH DIVISION RECOVERY SECTION RECEIVE A FRIENDLY WELCOME FROM A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL "SQUATTERS" OF SYRIA WHO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH A DONATION OF ARMY ISSUE CIGARETTES. THE GENERAL FEE
MUGHAR - ON ROAD BETWEEN GAZA & TEL AVIV. ALTHOUGH THE FEW BIG TOWNS IN PALESTINE IS TO BECOME A MODLEY OF EAST & WEST, THESE COUNTLESS ARAB VILLAGES RETAIN THEIR ANCIENT CHARACTER AND THE NARROW DUST
Satin weave silk cloak showing black on the outside and brown on the inside, known as an abayeh or aba, entirely sewn by hand. The cloak is constructed in two long horizontal pieces that fold around t
AP3-C Orion aircraft (A9-659). Four-engined low wing monoplane aircraft used for naval fleet support, maritime surveillance, search and survivor supply and anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. Thi
One piece cylindrical aerial dart with pointed tip and four grooved fins in the shaft. This flechette was collected by an unknown Australian soldier in France during the First World War. Flechette
One piece cylindrical aerial dart with pointed tip and four grooved fins set into the shaft. German flechette (aerial dart) collected by Flight Sergeant L Hughes, who served with the Royal Flying Co
