P00562.143 Accession Number: P00562.143

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Tekrit, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-07. A Ford motor van, probably of No. 13 Light Motor Wireless Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, aboard an Arab ferry near the town which can be seen on the river banks in the background. This motor van station was the first to be established within the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and spent the summer of 1918 in camp in Tekrit. (Donor E. Keast Burke)

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P00562.143
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Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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