World War One in (Australian) Colour

We've had colour photographs of World War One in the blog before (here and here)-- French autochromes from the Western Front. But, the French weren't the only ones documenting the war in colour. Australian photographer Frank Hurley (whose colour photographs of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition have also been featured in this blog) took photographs of the Australian forces in the Middle East and at the  Western Front with the Paget Process of colour photography. Fascinating stuff.  

From the collections of the Australian War Memorial. 

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

An Australian Light Horseman collecting anemone flowers in Palestine, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A derelict British tank at the Somme, 1917 (for the full story of the tank, follow the link). Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Four Australian soldiers with a machine gun, Palestine, 1917. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Australians of the Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt, 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Soldiers outside their tents, Esdud, Israel, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A view of Jerusalem, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

An Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance wagon, Palestine, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A view of Jerusalem, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Bristol fighters of the Australian Flying Corps, Mejdel [Lebanon?], c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Squadrons of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade in formation at Gaza, 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Men of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment behind a front-line barricade, Palestine, 1918.  Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Locals attached to the Australian Light Horse talking and mixing camel feed, Iran [?] 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A camp of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade, Israel, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Officers of the Australian Flying Corps in front of a Bristol fighter, Israel [?], 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A Turkish monument to the dead at Gallipoli, with scattered bones in the foreground, 1919. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

A photograph of wild flowers in Gallipoli, 1919. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Four camel ambulances of the Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt, c. 1918. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

An Australian gunner (who was sadly later killed) with a camouflaged machine gun, Ypres, 1917. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Stretcher bearers resting at a dressing station, Ypres, 1917. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Soldiers, mules, and carts in a ruined village in the Ypres area, 1917. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Derelict tanks near Ypres, 1917. Source

Frank Hurley, Australian War Memorial

Scattered graves marked by crosses on the Somme battlefields, 1917. Source