Summary

Photograph, dating from World War I, of wool sales in Mosul, Iraq.

Part of a collection of World War I photographs associated with the service of Lionel Knox Trezise (service no. 14340), father of the donor John Trezise. Lionel was a 'reliving postmaster and telegraphist' when he enlisted on 22 March 1916. He was placed in the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron as a sapper, serving with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force. During his service he apparently took photographs in India, Sri Lanka and Mesopotamia (Iraq and neighbouring regions). After returning to Australia in 1919 he married and became a public servant. He died in 1972. Lionel's brother John Gordon (Jack) Trezise also served in World War I (service no. 5105). He enlisted on 2 March 1916 while a 26-year-old shop assistant in Broken Hill, and was killed in action in France on 1 June 1918.

Description of Content

Photograph of a street scene titled "Wool Sales" in Mosul, Iraq. View of crowds of people dressed in robes and donkeys carrying bundles of branches on their backs. A two-storey building is in the background of the street scene.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph. Originally housed inside a paper wallet from "Reg. A. Lambert, Photography Company, 61, Barrack Street, Perth", dated 11 September, 1924, which accompanies this batch of photographs.. Found in a box also containing 7 wallets of negatives mostly 8 x13cm.

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