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 'Sweet Water Canal' at Ismalia. The Sweet Water Canal was constructed in 1861-3 to provide freshwater to Ismalia. The Sweet Water Canal is now known as the 'Ismalia Canal.' According to its war diaries, the 7th Battalion received orders to move to Ismalia on the 2nd of February 1915.
Description of Content
Image of a waterway. On the bank in the foreground there is vegetation. On the opposite bank there is a small group of figures sitting in a circle. To the right of this group, on the same bank, are two figures apparently engrossed in a task of some kind. Behind all the figures is more vegetation and trees.
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 to the right of the photograph: 'Sweet water / Canal / Ismalia' Hand-written in ink on the back of the photograph: 'Sweet water Canal, / Ismalia' Hand-written in pencil on the back: '(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
110 mm (Width), 85 mm (Height)
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