Timber and metal model house - Tel el Saba 1917

Trench art timber and metal model house, made from the wreckage of the headquarters of the Australian Mounted Division - Tel el Saba, October 1917.
It is a faithful reproduction of a traditional Australian timber homestead. It features a raised single-storey design, with a verandah around all four sides, and a corrugated iron roof. There is metal flashing, gutters and downpipes which drain into two rainwater tanks on four posted timber stands.
There are two sets of timber stairs on opposite sides of the building and two doors opening into the home from the verandah nearby. There are two windows on each face of the home. The house is clad with overlapping horizontal timber planks.
The verandah and roof are held up by vertical timber posts with horizontal rails between them. The area beneath the home has four rows of open horizontal timber cladding to allow ventilation.
There is a rising sun badge on the left hand side and a brass plaque engraved with the details between the badge and one of the rainwater tanks.
The underneath of the flat timber base is covered with brown felt. There is a small area excised within which are the initials 'LJS' burned into the timber.