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Baqubah (Baquba), Mesopotamia. 1918. Drivers of No. 2 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, swimming in the Diala (Diyala) River. The wagon acted as a general communications control station for the Force during 1918 and January 1919 connected to Squadron Headquarters (SHQ) by an old Turkish landline. (Donor E. Keast Burke)
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P00562.131
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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