The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of camels loaded with rations at the railhead on the Suez Canal. The camels are wearing rope bridles and pack saddlery of Egyptian manufacture, rather than official army issue.
Several unidentified soldiers of the 21st Battalion wait to collect packages of rations from a newly arrived camel train at their camp near the Suez Canal. In the centre an Egyptian camelier is untyi
Two unidentified soldiers look on as newly arrived camels carrying rations are unloaded by several Egyptian cameliers at the front line of the Suez Canal defences.
Several camels sit waiting to be relieved their loads of rations at one of the defence posts in the desert east of the Suez Canal. A large group of Egyptian cameliers can be seen in the background.
Soldiers look on as several Egyptian cameliers begin unloading rations from their camels, which have just arrived at the 21st Battalion's camp in the desert surrounding the Suez Canal.
An unidentified officer standing beside a camelier who is mounted on one of the pack camels used to transport rations and stores to the Australian camps in the vicinity of the Suez Canal.
ROMANI, EGYPT, 1916-05?. UNLOADING RATIONS AND FODDER AT THE RAILHEAD NEAR ROMANI IN THE SINAI DESERT. BOXES ARE PILED HIGH TO BE LOADED ON THE CAMELS USED AS TRANSPORT. (DONOR G. TERRY)
