Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke) Accession Number: J02035

Description

Kalat Sharquat is a camp between railhead and Mosul during early 1919. No 15 Station was stationed here at Christmas 1918. In the background is the excavation of the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Asshur. The soldier in the left is 20646 Motor Transport Driver Stanley Archer Webb, 1st Reinforcements 'D' Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force; to the right side, mostly obscured are 23090 Sapper Norman Charles Hense, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron; and 23041 Sapper Leonard Coumbe O'Daniel, 11th & 12th Reinforcements, 'D' Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.

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Accession Number
J02035
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
May 1919
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E K Burke
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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