P00562.165 Accession Number: P00562.165

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Kawoka, Kurdistan. 1919-08. Tent and mast of No. 13 Station, `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron. Note the walls of rocks built around the station. The unit was supporting Major General Nightingale's Column (Nightcol) of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The previous night they had come under fire from local Kurds. (Donor E. Keast Burke)

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P00562.165
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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