http://www.smh.com.au/world/diggers-at-play-frozen-in-time-20110226-1b97y.html
73 of the photos can be viewed here: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/galleries/article/-/article/8898586/image/1/lost-diggers/
Arthur Wheen,the Australian veteran,who translated the first English edition of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929:
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120511b.htm
Article from AWM Wartime,Issue 42 by Christina Spittel:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/buried-where-he-fell--the-digger-who-went-down-fighting-20080820-3ywk.html
How much would a pickelhauve(sic) weigh?What a silly comment.
"..the reason he carried it is unknown.." ,try souvenir!
Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.de/Kaempfe-in-China-1900-Leutnant-Stotten-Baltenregiment_W0QQitemZ200117505713QQihZ010QQcategoryZ34654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Who are these guys?Strange uniforms.
Many of the interned Germans in New Zealand during WW1 were reservists.Most ended up detained on Somes Island.
These photos from a reliable NZ source are said to be from 1916.Some carnival or stage act was being performed by the internees.
Strange that reservists so far from Germany had handy...