Summary
One of 49 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar depicting the Light Horse camp in Egypt, 1915, prior to Gallipoli.
Image depicting a group of servicemen, in various states of undress but mostly naked, having the "weekly clean up" in the shower bay.
Description of Content
Image depicted several naked men in a wooden structure that appears to have functioned as the shower bay. Some of the servicemen are in the process of washing whilst others along the sides appear to be either dressing or undressing.
Physical Description
Monochrome photograph in red, cloth-bound photograph album.
More Information
-
Collection Names
-
Collecting Areas
Arms, Images & Image Making, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures
-
Place & Date Depicted
-
Photographer
Lieutenant George S. Millar - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Maadi, Egypt, 1915
Likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar -
Individuals Identified
MILLAR, G. S. (LT.)
-
Format
Photograph, Monochrome
-
Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the support next to the top left corner of the photograph: 'd' Hand-written in ink on the support underneath the photograph: 'The weekly "clean up"'
-
Classification
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph
87 mm (Width), 61 mm (Height)
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
251 mm (Width), 200 mm (Height)
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph
82 mm (Width), 57 mm (Height)
-
Keywords
Australian Army, Australian Military Forces, Horses, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, Portraits, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918
