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 an apparently typical scene at Mena Camp: three men on camels walking through the camp. Mena Camp was one of three training camps in Egypt used by the A.I.F. and the N.Z.E.F.

Description of Content

Building in the centre of the photograph, with a sign attached denoting it as the 'Y.M.C.A.' In front of the building there are three men riding on camels, dressed in local clothing. In front of the group of camels there is a serviceman walking passed the building towards the right of the frame. In the foreground of the photograph there is a what appears to be a track of some kind.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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