The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A distant view of groups of soldiers moving around the parade ground at Lark Hill Camp. The muddy state of the field in the foreground suggests the difficult conditions encountered by the troops training here. The Salisbury Plain was the main training area for Australian troops from about May 1916 until the end of the First World War.
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
Group portrait of the guard of 1 Training Battalion at Lark Hill Camp. The men are warmly dressed in jumpers and greatcoats. Note the snow on the ground. The Salisbury Plain was the main training a
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
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
Six unidentified reinforcements of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion at a camp on the Salisbury Plain. Some of the group have been sawing the remnant of a large tree trunk. The wooden duckboards indicate th
Six unidentified bakers from the 3rd Australian Field Bakery on the Salisbury Plain with a batch of newly baked loaves joined in groups of six. The bakers are wearing rubber boots, as the ground is m