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 laying out of the camplines around Mena Camp, Egypt. Mena 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
Expanse of sand in the foreground. A group of approximately five tents stand off to the left hand side. A large group of servicemen stand, apparently in line, behind the tents. In the background there is a pyramid on a rise.
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Place & Date Depicted
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Creator
Elizabeth (Lillie) M. McKenna, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1918
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the bottom left corner of the photograph album page: '2' Hand-written in ink on the support underneath the photograph: 'Mena Camp preparing / To lay out Camplines' Hand-written in pencil on the support to the left of the photograph: 'b' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Camp Mena / Egypt / notice the chain / of men passing / ? to lay out / camp lines'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
60 mm (Width), 59 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
159 mm (Width), 195 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Army Camps, Australian Army, Australian Military Forces, Campsites, Pyramids, Soldiers, Tents, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918