P00562.167 Accession Number: P00562.167

Description

Balakish Ridge, Kurdistan. c. 1919-09. Wireless station of 'D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, erected on the summit of the ridge in the midst of a mountain range. Horses eat from nose bags while members of the station move around the mast and tent behind them. (Donor E. Keast Burke)

Details

Accession Number
P00562.167
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Units

Tags

Accession P00562.167

Part of collection:

More like this

P00562.163

Photograph P00562.163 First World War, 1914-1918

Hazie, Amadia (Amadya), Kurdistan. 1919-08. Members of No. 14 Station, `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, with their gear outside a tent near Masurka Gorge. Note the wireless mast beside the ten

P00562.160

Photograph P00562.160 First World War, 1914-1918

Zacho (Zakho), Kurdistan. 1919-08. Masts of No. 13 Station, `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, erected beside a local stone building amongst tent lines. The Squadron was attached to Lumb's Colum

P00562.170

Photograph P00562.170 First World War, 1914-1918

Kurdistan. 1919. A station of `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, erected on the steep side of a mountain. A canvas shelter has been placed on the mast above the

P00562.165

Photograph P00562.165 First World War, 1914-1918

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 Nightingal

P00562.166

Photograph P00562.166 First World War, 1914-1918

Quovrak, Kurdistan. 1919-09. Mast and dugout shelter of No. 14 Station, `D' Troop, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, behind the walled perimeter of a camp above the village on the Robazak road. The Squadr

P00562.121

Photograph P00562.121 First World War, 1914-1918

Tuz Khurmatli, Mesopotamia. 1918-06-07. Mobile wireless station of No. 8 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, erected in the desert. They had taken over from No. 12

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 2.32 am