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 of a serviceman reading a signaled messaged with a pair of binoculars in the desert. This was presumably part of the training exercises in Egypt.
Description of Content
Serviceman standing in the desert, appears to be looking at something that is out of frame to the right of the photograph through binoculars.
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 left of the photograph: 'Reading / a / Signaled / message / in the desert' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Reading a signaled / message / on the desert / 54'
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Classification
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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
44 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
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