The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A row of pontoons on wagons parked in the Domain Park Camp. The pontoons were made in the workshops at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, for the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (1RANBT). 1RANBT was originally bound for England but was diverted to the Dardanells and assigned to support the the British Army landings at Suvla Bay in August 1915. The 1RANBT landed at Suvla Bay on 7 August 1915 and the 50 pontoons carried from Australia were used to good effect.
A row of pontoons on wagons parked in the Domain Park Camp. The pontoons were made in the workshops at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, for the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (1RANBT) . 1RANBT was
Men of the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (RANBT) inspecting pontoons on wagons parked in the Domain Park Camp. The pontoons were made in the workshops at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, for the 1st R
A view of Chocolate Hill, Suvla Bay, after the landings in August 1915..
Kangaroo Beach, Suvla, showing permanent crib piers which were erected by the 1st Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train to replace pontoons for bad weather.
Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The ship being used as a breakwater had landed troops at the bay on 6-7 August 1915, when the objective was to capture the Chocolate Hills and the W Hills in sup
An informal group portrait of all that is left of the original 12 officers and 300 other ranks of the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train that landed with the British Army at Suvla Bay on 7 Augu
