Summary

One of 139 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The photographs include the 7th Battalion training in Mena Camp, Egypt, and sight-seeing.

Image depicting a group of servicemen marching near the Y.M.C.A. tent at Mena Camp. Mena Camp was one of three training camps in Egypt that were used by the A.I.F. and the N.Z.E.F.

Description of Content

Servicemen in the background walking towards a structure, the men appear to be walking in group formations. In the foreground are some type of vehicle tracks in the sand along with what appears to be rail tracks running horizontally across the middle of the photograph. To the right, closer to the camera than the servicemen but still in the background, is a figure in a white robe.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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