The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The use of sandbags for revetment (reinforcement) in a trench that was part of the Suez Canal defences in the desert several miles east of the canal.
An officer supervises Australian infantrymen digging trenches for the Suez Canal defences, an extensive system in the desert several miles east of the Canal. The fine sand made trench construction ve
Soldiers completing a trench system forming part of the Suez Canal defences. Timber reinforcing (revetment) was used extensively in an attempt to prevent the fine sand falling back into the trenches.
A group of light horsemen near some trenches that formed part of the Suez Canal defences in the desert east of the canal.
Men of the 21st Battalion digging trenches that formed part of the Suez Canal defences in the desert east of the canal.
A trench in the front line near the Suez Canal. On the left edge of the trench can be seen several posts for attaching barbed wire and a loose trailing piece of wire. The sandy desert terrain made t
Barbed wire entanglements made by Australian troops as part of the Suez Canal defences in the desert east of the canal.
