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 servicemen, presumably from the 7th Battalion, praciticing bayonet fighting using sandbags.
Description of Content
Armed servicemen standing in a line stretching diagonally across the photograph from the bottom right hand corner to the top left hand corner. The man all appear to be stabbing their weapons into a line of sandbags.
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
Captain Edward A. McKenna - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Egypt, 1914-1915
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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: 'Praciticing Bayounet fighting / Sand bags represent the enemy.' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Practicing bayounet / fighting / Sand bags / represent Germans / 54'
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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
68 mm (Width), 42 mm (Height)
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