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 Liuetenant Conder and Sergeant Hughes and other, unnamed servicemen. Lieutenant Walter ("Wally") Tasman Conder was assigned to the 7th Battalion B Company. He returned to Australia in early April 1915. Sergeant Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes was a Sergeant with the 7th Battalion B Company.

Description of Content

Five men facing the camera. The three men in front stand in a hole in a line and the man on the right holds a small pick-axe in his hand. Behind them and to the left, standing on the rise behind the hole, are the two other men. The man on the left is holding a larger pick-axe. On the very right the elbow, top of a pick-axe and leg of a sixth figure can be seen.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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