The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Owing
to insufficient ambulance accommodation, wagons of the AASC assisted in bringing wounded back to Matruh, from the fighting against the Senussi Tribesmen, west of Birshola, in Western Egypt. Note the canvas waterbags suspended on the sides of the wagon,
for the use of the horse on long journeys over dry stretches.
A bogged convoy of AASC wagons near Birshola, in Egypt. While this wagon was moving out with supplies and ammunition to our troops who were attacking the Senussi tribesmen, west of Birshola, a heavy d
Baggage camels captured from the Senussi Tribesmen, west of Birshola, feeding; on arrival at Matruh, in Western Egypt. These camels are distinct from the Delta camels of Egypt, being smaller and brown
The Mosque at Matruh, on the western frontier of Egypt, with an aeroplane fluing in the vicinity. These aeroplanes performed valuable scouting services for the West Frontier Force in its operations ag
Transferring Indians, wounded west of Birshola, from the Indian Field Ambulance to motor ambulances, between Birshola and Matruh, in Western Egypt. The wounded were met by ambulances some distance fro
Gifts from the Australian War Chest Club, being conveyed by camel transport from Matruh, on the coast of Western Egypt to the troops operating against the Senussi Tribesmen.
Matruh in the Western Egypt as seen from the high ground on the edge of the plateau, commencing near the coast. The camp of the Western Frontier Force can be seen in the rear. Matruh was made the base
