The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Egypt. 5 April 1915. The kits of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade stacked beside the tramway at Mena camp, pending their removal to the base for storing during the absence of their owners on Gallipoli. The troops did not see their kits again until they returned from the Peninsula.
Egypt. 5 April 1915. A final scene at Mena camp. The kit of an improvised kitchen is being packed, prior to the departure of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade for the landing on Gallipoli Peninsula,
Unidentified shoeing smiths of the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade at work with their field forge. The horses could not be used on the Gallipoli Peninsula so they were returned to Egypt.
Rifles and kits of the 9th Battalion stacked in readiness for transport to the Gallipoli Peninsula. Lying on the sand in the foreground are some bundles of timber pieces and of lengths of metal tubin
Egypt, North Africa. 5 April 1915. The end of Mena camp. The men of the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade can be seen striking their tents. Camp is already almost empty.
MENA CAMP, EGYPT. 1915-04. MEN OF THE 3RD BRIGADE PACK UP THEIR GEAR READY TO LEAVE FOR GALLIPOLI. IN THE FOREGROUND A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE BRIGADE'S BANDS PLAYS A KETTLE DRUM WHILE BESIDE HIM THE BUG
Mena, Egypt. February 1915. The 3rd Infantry Brigade, AIF, leaving their camp bound for Lemnos on their way to Gallipoli.
