The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EGYPT - A VILLAGE FERRY ACROSS THE ISMALIA CANAL BETWEEN CAIRO & ISMALIA (WHERE IT JOINS THE SUEZ). THESE CANALS FORM THE MAIN CHANNELS OF TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE NATIVE VILLAGES & THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF EGYPT & WERE IT NOT FOR THEM, THE COUNTRY WOULD CEASE TO EXIST.
EGYPT - THE ROAD RUNS BESIDE THE CANAL FROM CAIRO TO ISMALIA BUT IT IS ONLY THE WEALTHY & THE MILITARY WHO CAN AFFORD TO RUN CARS. THE MEN OF THE VILLAGES LIVE BY THE NILE & ITS CANALS & THE STATELY F
EL KANTARA-ISMALIA ROAD - THE NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN NILE AND THE SUEZ IS LACED WITH SMALLER CANALS & IRRIGATION WATERWAYS UPON WHICH ARE ALWAYS TO BE SEEN THE PICTURESQUE OLD FELUCCAS THAT MOVE
EL KANTARA, EGYPT. 1942-02. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LEAVING THE FERRY (RIGHT) THAT HAS CARRIED THEM ACROSS THE SUEZ CANAL ON THEIR JOURNEY HOME AFTER SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
Ismalia, Egypt. c. March 1916. A column of horse drawn wagons of 20th Australian Army Supply Corps halts as local labourers load them with timber from large stockpiles nearby. The building materials w
EL KANTARA, EGYPT. 1942-02. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LEAVING THE MIDDLE EAST ARE SEEN WALKING FROM THE FERRY (EXTREME RIGHT OF PICTURE) THAT HAS CARRIED THEM ACROSS THE SUEZ CANAL ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE EMB
EGYPT - WITH MUCH SHOUTING, GOADING & GESTICULATING, THE CAMELS ARE INDUCED TO BOARD THE FERRY THAT WILL TAKE THEM ACROSS THE CANAL. THEY ARE LOADED WITH HENNA WHICH IS BEING TAKEN ACROSS TO ANOTHER V
