Summary

One of 108 images in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The album contains photographs of the 7th Battalion in Egypt.

Image of a canal near Bedrashen. According to the inscription this image was taken on the trip Captains McCrae, McKenna and Mason and Lieutenants Chapman, De Ravin and Scanlan took to 'Sakara.'

'Sakara' is likely to refer to 'Saqqara' an ancient Egyptian burial ground most famous for the 'Step Pyramid' of the Third Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser (Netjerikhet) and its associated complex. Bedrashen is small village near Saqqara, Egypt.

The album relates to the service of Captain Edward Albert McKenna. McKenna served in the 7th Battalion Australian Infantry and was killed in action in Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, aged 37.

Description of Content

A group of Fellucas with their sails furled, sit docked on the edge of the river Nile. A local Egyptian man dressed in a thawb stands in one of the fellucas. On the river bank a large number of what appear to be pots lay in stacks on the ground. The River Nile stretches into the distance.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic print on paper with a white border.

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