 |
A
group of Captain William's irregular cavalry (part of the Dunsterforce)
at Korkora.
Captain Francis Edgar Williams,
originally 32nd Battalion, joined the Dunsterforce in February
1918.
The rider in the front is
Saif-ul-Nizan, the Persian Lieutenant. |
| Baku,
Russia. 1918. Side view of a Russian armoured car which was captured by
the British.
Members of Dunsterforce gave control
of the vehicles to some Russian officers (from London) who were issued
with British uniforms.
The original caption states that one
of the most efficient and enthusiastic of these was Baron Nolkyn. |
 |
 |
 |
| Mesopotamia.
1918. Elevated view of huts used as accommodation by members of
Dunsterforce. The walls of the huts were made of canvas to allow
ventilation in summer and were protected with solid timber roofs. Note
the oxen in the foreground pulling carts laden with stores.
AWM P02317.021 |
- Hamadan,
Persia. 1918-07. Grave of 1180 Sergeant W. Davis DCM MM, 17th Battalion
and Dunsterforce, who died on 1918-07-07 of cholera aged 28 years.
|
| Persia.
1918. A convoy of over ten Ford vans formed up ready for departure with
two members of Dunsterforce standing to the side. Amongst the stores in
the back of a few of the vans are some local men. |
 |
 |
Australian
Dunsterforce officers at Mekinah, Basrah. They are left to right:
Back Row; Captain
William Francis McIver, originally 50th Battalion; Captain Eric George
Scott-Olsen, originally 55th Battalion, MC; Captain Ewen Colclough B
Cameron, originally 4th Machine Gun Battalion; Lieutenant Richard Henry
Hooper, originally 58th Battalion, MC; |
| Lieutenant
Roy Bassett Withers, originally 13th Battalion, DCM; Captain Earle
Norbury Seary, originally 50th Battalion. Front
row;
Captain Clarence Frank Mills, originally 4th FO Engineers, MC;
Lieutenant John Harold Ashley Sorrel, originally 45th Battalion, MM;
Captain Francis William Lord, originally 1st DAC, MM. |
| Hamadan, Persia.
1918-06-29. A horse drawn wagon of No. 9 (New Zealand) Station, 1st
Wireless Signals Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, arrives at
the outskirts of the town. |
 |
| The
range in the background (which culminates in Mt Elwend, 11,000 feet) had
been crossed on the previous day by the Asadabad Pass. The Station
relieved a Russian wagon and was responsible for much of the radio
transmission between Dunsterforce and British Headquarters at that time. |
 |
1919
Persia. 294 Sergeant Charles Doherty, 12th Australian Light Horse
Regiment, a member of Dunsterforce of Bingara, NSW, forcefully
demonstrates marching drill beside lines of local troops who are without
uniforms and obviously early in their training program. |
| Captain Ernest William
Latchford MC, an officer of the AIF in winter dress while serving in
Siberia.
Latchford, formerly of the 38th
Battalion, AIF was one of several Australian officers who had served
with Dunsterforce in Persia and who were for a time attached to Russian
forces fighting the Bolsheviks.
As part of his duties, Captain
Latchford superintended musketry instruction at Irkutsk. |
 |
|
