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 tribesmen in 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 tribes in the Lybian Desert Western Egypt. It is believed this car was the only one built,
Armoured cars of the Royal Armoured Cars Division at Matruh, in Western Egypt. The unit was commanded by the Duke of Westminster, and one of its services was the relief of the survivors of the Tara to
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.
The 1st Australian Divisional Train Car (loaded and driven by Lieutenant J E Chaplin) in the desert west of Matruh, in Western Egypt. Lieutenant L F McQuie is seen in the front seat; in back, Lieutena
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
