The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The interior of one of the mess huts at Lark Hill Camp, decorated for Christmas. Five unidentified soldiers are standing in the room. Note the Japanese flags hanging on either side of the hut, above both rows of tables. The Salisbury Plain was the main training area for Australian troops from about May 1916 until the end of the First World War.
Lark Hill, Wiltshire, England, 1917-02. Snow covers the ground and the roofs of a long row of corrugated iron huts occupied by the 3rd Australian Training Battalion at its camp on Salisbury Plain. The
Hiro, Japan. c.1953-09. Interior of Australian Army Canteens Service Empire Club lounge and reading room. At the far end of the room is a door with flags hanging above which is the entrance to the din
A reinforcement company marching into Lark Hill Camp after completing a route march. Note the snow on the ground and the men's warm greatcoats. The Salisbury Plain was the main training area for Aus
Two unidentified sisters in the convalescent dining room at No. 14 Australian General Hospital, showing tables set up for Christmas dinner and a large number of flags hanging from the ceiling.
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-12-25. Interior of the Officers' Mess at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), decorated for Christmas. Streamers improvised from some sort of local grass hang down fr
Tables set for a meal in the officers' mess room at Hurdcott Camp near Fovant, Wiltshire. The room is relatively well appointed, with curtains at the windows and fresh flowers on the tables. AIF Bat
