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 Territorial's camp along the Suez Canal, Egypt.
Description of Content
Expanse of water in the foreground. Three men on a small jetty in the middle of the photograph. At least a dozen tents in the background. Groups of servicemen and horses dispersed along the edge of the water and throughout the camp.
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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: 'Territorials in Camp on / the Suez Canal.' Hand-written in pencil on the support to the right of the photograph: 'a' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Territorials in Camp / on Suez Canal'
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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, Jetties, Soldiers, Tents, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918