Summary
One of 49 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar depicting the Light Horse camp in Egypt, 1915, prior to Gallipoli.
Image depicitng a 'street' in the Maadi Camp, Egypt. El-Ma'adi (Meadi) Camp was one of three training camps in Egypt that were used by the A.I.F. and the N.Z.E.F.
Description of Content
Image depicting a wide walkway lined with masonry and flanked by tents on the right hand side and horses on the left. All of the horses are facing towards the left of the image. Two servicemen, one of whom is leading a saddled horse, walk out of frame in the bottom left corner.
Physical Description
Monochrome photograph in red, cloth-bound photograph album.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Arms, Images & Image Making, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
Lieutenant George S. Millar - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Maadi, Egypt, 1915
Likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar -
Individuals Identified
MILLAR, G. S. (LT.)
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Format
Negative
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the support next to the top left corner of the photograph: 'c' Typed in blue ink on the support underneath the photograph: 'One of our "streets".' Hand-written in blue ink on the support underneath the photograph and the typed inscription: 'Maadi'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
251 mm (Width), 200 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
87 (Width), 61 (Height)
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Keywords
Army Camps, Australian Army, Australian Military Forces, Horses, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, Portraits, Tents, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918
