Description
Persia. 1918. Two members of Dunsterforce, ? Pay (? Lieutenant P. Lay or ? Captain Arthur Hay, of New Zealand) and Captain C. L. McVilly (right), speak with some local children seated on the ground. In the background is a convoy of over ten Ford vans ready for departure. The main purpose of Dunsterforce was to reorganise resistance in Mesopotamia and Persia to German penetration of Asia during the period 1918 to 1919.
Details
Accession Number
P02317.026
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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