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 trenches at Ismalia. Although it is not specified in the caption, it is possible these trenches were in active military use as the 7th Battalion was involved in the First Suez Offensive which began on February 3, 1915. The day after the Battalion was instructed to move to Ismalia.

Description of Content

Evidence of structures of some kind behind what appears to be large mounds of dirt. In the bottom left hand corner in the right side of a horses head, the rest of the horse disappears out of frame.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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