The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the Camel Corp 'Cameliers' at the point where they were dismounting to advance on foot at Magdhaba. The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade was raised from the Australian, New Zealand and British Armies; of its four Battalions, two and a half were Australian. On 23 December 1916, in company with the Anzac Mounted Division under Major General Henry George Chauvel, the Brigade took part in the attack on a strong Turkish post at Magdhaba in Sinai. After a night march of 80km they surprised and surrounded the Turks who were over run after a hard fight.
Lambert painted this watercolour in mid March 1918 when he visited Magdhaba. Using the available shade at midday, George Lambert painted this from the hospital window opposite the Turkish buildings. T
Depicts a view of Wadi el Arish with sand hills and mountains at Magdhaba. Lambert visited this area in March 1918 during his first tour of Palestine. Magdhaba was the scene of a battle on 23 December
Depicts a view of a topographical and panoramic landscape at Magdhaba, in the Sinai desert, with huts in the distance. The Battle of Magdhaba was part of the Sinai-Palestine Campaign of World War I. O
George Lambert visited Magdhaba while en route to Cairo in 1918: "We proceeded on camels to Magdhaba, along the bed of the Wadi El Arish, a distance of some twenty odd miles, arriving at sundown. The
Crimson silk regimental standard with a gold bullion fringe on the upper and lower edges, and on the fly. One side of the standard is embroidered in gold bullion thread with the toghra (personal cyphe
Mounted hide of a camel in baracked (kneeling) position. Mounted hide of a camel representing the experience of the Imperial Camel Corps during the First World War. This particular riding camel was
