The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A large steam ship passing through the pontoon bridge on the Suez Canal.
SUEZ CANAL, 1916. SS SUFFOLK (HMAT A23) PASSING THROUGH THE CANAL. NOTE THE PONTOON BRIDGE, BUILT BY THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY ENGINEERS, WHICH HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED AND THE ENDS MOVED BACK ALO
The pontoon bridge opening to let a ship through the Suez Canal. Three Australian soldiers are in a row boat in the foreground.
A group of soldiers watching a ship passing along the Suez Canal. The pontoon bridge in the foreground could be swung around to reach the far bank to allow the ships to pass.
A route march of the 9th Battalion (the men are visible on the far bank) is interrupted by the passage of a ship through the opened pontoon bridge over the Suez Canal.
Barges filled with limestone, to be used for the Suez Canal defence roads, passing the pontoon bridge over which the 9th Battalion crossed.
Serapeum, Suez Canal Zone. c. 1917. A pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal.
