The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Some of the Turkish prisoners, at El Arish, who had been captured at Magdhaba on 23 December 1916 by the Australian Mounted Division of the Light Horse.
Portrait of a Turkish prisoner, one of a number who were captured by the Anzac Mounted Division at Magdhaba on 23 December 1916. They are waiting in a compound to be transported from El Arish to the p
Four of the Krupp guns which were captured by the Anzac Mounted Division at Magdhaba on 23 December 1916, on the beach at El Arish.
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
El Arish was a large village on the coastal route across the Sinai desert about forty-five miles south west of Gaza. In 1916 El Arish had been under Turkish rule for two years,and was captured by the
A view of Magdhaba, looking south-east, east, and north-east. The enemy settlement where some 2,000 Turkish troops, having retired before the British about twenty-five miles up the Wady el Arish, sout
Turkish Army prisoners captured by Allied forces at Magdhaba on 23 December 1916. (Donor Mrs L.E. McAllister)
