The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Type of armoured car used by the expedition under the Duke of Westminster in the campaign against the Senussi tribes in the Lybian Desert Western Egypt.
It is believed this car was the only one built, constructed over a Commer commercial truck and it acquired the name “Terror” and then “Mother of the Fleet”. A newspaper article from March 1916 citing a New Zealand officer Major G Barclay has it as being made by the Egyptian State Railway in their Cairo workshop.
Type of armoured car used by the expedition under the Duke of Westminster in the campaign against the Senussi tribesmen in Western Egypt. It is believed this car was the only one built, constructed ov
The Duke of Westminster, crossing the Libyan Desert in a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost motor car which has been modified for military use, to rescue the survivors of the SS Tara, which was torpedoed and su
Mounted Australian soldiers pass a motor car at Heliopolis Camp, near Cairo. At the far right is the newly constructed YMCA building, and beside it a makeshift billiards hall.
Local people going about their business in a commercial street in the Egyptian capital. Australian troops based near Cairo became familiar with the city and the attractions of surrounding areas while
Building up motor car springs in a 1st Divisional workshop. The state of the roads in this area caused frequent breakages to transport.
This photograph was taken from the entrance to “Senussi Hospital”. It shows the type of country in which the cave, later used as a supply store, was constructed.
