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Infantry Equipment, Australian Pattern (Leather)
Very interesting photo in the fact it shows an Australian soldier wearing the rarely seen Infantry Equipment, Australian Pattern (Leather)
http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/19..._carriers.html © IWM (HU 124511) Private Samuel George Frederick Oakley 1947. Unit: 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 3 June 1917, Western Front. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs © IWM (HU 112892) Private George Grant Geddes Angus 4127. Unit: D Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 August 1916 Western Front. Son of Thomas and Jane Angus, of Majorca, Victoria. Born at Talbot, Victoria. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...6149/large.jpg © IWM (HU 112940) Trooper Stephen J Arbuthnot 876. Unit: 5th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 August 1915 Lone Pine Dardanelles. Son of Michael and Annie Arbuthnot, of Ancona, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bonnie Doon. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs
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