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 Mena Camp, Egypt, taken from the Pyramids at Giza. 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
Elevated view of a campsite. Tents arranged in lines. Evidence of other structures. Individual servicemen and horse in evidence in the foreground.
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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 right corner of the album page: '3' Hand-written in ink on the support at the top of the photograph (left side of the album page): 'Camp Taken from the Pyramids.' Hand-written in ink on the support on the left side of the photograph (bottom of the album page): '(arrow pointing towards image) / Y.M.C A / building; Brigade / Headquarters' Hand-written in ink on the support underneath the photograph (right side of the page): 'Office O.C. "E(illegible)"' Hand-written in pencil on the support above the right hand corner of the photograph (upper left corner on album page): 'a' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Y.M.CA Building / (arrow pointing down with a circle with a dot in the middle to the left); Brigade / Head Quats / 2nd Inf Bdge; (another circle with a dot in the middle) OC E Corp 7th Batt Tent'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
147 mm (Width), 90 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
195 mm (Width), 159 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Army Camps, Australian Army, Australian Military Forces, Soldiers, Tents, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918