The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A soldier sitting in his mia-mia (shelter made of palm leaves) reading the paper. A towel is hanging out to dry (left).
An unidentified officer of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, sitting in his crudely built shelter, smoking a pipe. A striped towel is hanging on the shelter left and probably a blanket to the right.
Perak State, Malaya. A member of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), standing beside a makeshift shelter at a bush camp during operations in the jungle. The soldier, with cigarett
View of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance camp at Je Eila which was occupied during the period 12 October 1916 to 24 October 1916. A towel is hanging over the side of what is probably a
Probably SINAI, EGYPT, C. 1916. THREE SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF "CAPTAIN ANDERSON'S MEDICAL GUNYAH", A MAKESHIFT SHELTER BUILT OF PALM LEAVES THAT SERVED AS A MEDICAL AID POST FOR THE 7TH LIGHT HORSE REGI
Two unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, enjoy sitting in the sunshine and reading their letters from home. The mail has just been delivered to their camp on top of a hill in Korea. The sol
Kokoda, New Guinea. November 1942. A wounded Australian soldier is tended by native bearers while awaiting evacuation by plane. Palm leaves tied with vines provide some shelter from the sun.
