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 the Egyptian hospital train at Ismalia.
Description of Content
The foreground is dominated by empty railway tracks. In the background there is a train with seven carriages visible in the photograph. The train appears to have stopped at a station. Behind the train there is what appears to be a skyline, dominated by two large, factory-style chimneys (one to the left and the other to the right of the photograph).
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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Collection Names
Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection, Military Memorabilia Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr J. Willis, circa 1986
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Photographer
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Place & Date Depicted
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Creator
Elizabeth (Lillie) M. McKenna, Malvern, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in ink on the support underneath the photograph: 'Egyptian Hospital Train / Ismalia' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Hospital Train / (Egyptian) / near Ismalia / 75 (illegible)'
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
159 mm (Width), 195 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
63 mm (Width), 45 mm (Height)
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