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Photograph J00441 First World War, 1914-1918Sikh pioneers cutting the railway at Shellal, Wady Ghuzze, Palestine.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sikh Pioneers working at a railway cutting and embankment in Wady Ghuzze at Shellal.
Sikh pioneers cutting the railway at Shellal, Wady Ghuzze, Palestine.

Sikh Pioneers making a railway cutting into Wady Ghuzze between June and July 1917. Note the stacks of woven baskets used to carry the soil.

Soldiers of the 23rd Sikh Infantry Regiment at work on an embankment for the Gamli light railway at Wadi Ghuzze.

Sikh Pioneers constructing the railway line at Shellal, Palestine. Note the baskets on the ground used to carry soil.


An Ayrshire Battery in action at Hill 706 at Wady Ghuzze near Shellal.
