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Photograph B01610 First World War, 1914-1918Belah. Two Light horsemen, one mounted on his horse at the pools of water at the oasis at Hod after rain. The 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade camped in the area for a time.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Hod (oasis) of Romani. The 2nd Light Horsemen Brigade are in the foreground and the 1st Light Horsemen Brigade are in the background.
Belah. Two Light horsemen, one mounted on his horse at the pools of water at the oasis at Hod after rain. The 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade camped in the area for a time.

AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN CAMPED IN AN OASIS, DURING THE ROMANI OPERATIONS, 1916. (DONATED BY MR. R. SILLETT.)

Camels of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade trekking across the desert. Four soldiers are in the foreground and the camp is in the centre background next to a hod (left).
A shelter at Romani Hod (oasis) among the palms.

View of the HOD (Oasis) Awara located near Romani in the Sinai area of Palestine.

AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN CAMPED IN AN OASIS NEAR ROMANI, 1916. THESE OASIS' OFFERED GREAT CONCEALMENT FROM HOSTILE AIRCRAFT, AND GAVE GOOD SHADE TO THE TROOPS AND HORSES, A GREAT RELIEF FROM THE BURN
