C04984
Photograph C04984 First World War, 1914-1918An Egyptian officer of the Sudanese Coastguards mounted on his camel at Matruh, in Western Egypt.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A mounted and dismounted Soudanese (Sudanese) member of the Egyptian police.
An Egyptian officer of the Sudanese Coastguards mounted on his camel at Matruh, in Western Egypt.

Depicts a Sudanese soldier in uniform, wearing calf-length boots and a fez hat, a member of the Egyptian infantry. This is one of a series of drawings Benson did entitled 'Some Egyptian Types'.

EGYPT, PROBABLY HELIOPOLIS, C.1915. A DISPLAY BY THE ARAB STALLIONS OF THE EGYPTIAN MOUNTED POLICE. MANY SUCH DISPLAYS WERE GIVEN AT HELIOPOLIS RACE COURSE. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).

Egypt, 1915. An ambulance vehicle belonging to 4th Field Ambulance, 1st AIF, together with an Egyptian and his camel, on which a member of the unit is mounted.

Original horses of the Australian Mounted Division and their dismounted riders.

Studio portrait of 177 Private Asquith served with B Squadron, 1st NSW Mounted Rifles and was later a member of the NSW Police Force.
