Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke)
Photograph J01971 First World War, 1914-1918D Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, at Basrah showing typical EP tents. Note the deep tracks in the mud.
Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke) Accession Number: J01968
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Visit of members of D Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron to the Sanitation Section, Makina near Basrah. Here models of cookhouses, incinerators, latrines, and other facilities had been built of mud and kerosene tins to show the troops what they could do in the event of their having to set up camp themselves.
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J01968
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Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Support: Nitrate
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1
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Donor E K Burke
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Copyright expired - public domain
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