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Messes, Rations, Cooking, Meals and Catering

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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

About This Collection

Having a hot meal in the field out on exercise or on deployment is important for the health and morale of ground troops. This type of field kitchen was developed during the Second World War by the Australian Army and used until the early 1980s. Towed behind trucks, Wiles Cookers were an important part of the supply and logistics 'train' supporting deployed Australian ground forces. This collection highlights food catering technologies at the Museum and the photographs broadly relating to food, drink and catering in the Australian Army.

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