The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Railway construction being carried out near Shellal. The line started from Kantara on the Suez Canal and was designed for the movement of troops and supplies for operations in Sinai and Palestine.
The first train to Jerusalem after the line had been built by Australians. The line started from Kantara on the Suez Canal and was designed for the movement of troops and supplies for operations in S
Engineers and local men working on a reservoir on the line of piping which carried the Nile water across the desert from Kantara, Egypt, to Kalm, near Shellal, in Palestine. At this spot the water wa
KANTARA, EGYPT. 1919. ARMY CAMP AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY ON THE BANK OF THE SUEZ CANAL. THIS CAMP HAD BEEN THE MAIN BASE FOR OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.
EL KANTARA, EGYPT. 1942-01. A SECTION OF THE RAILWAY LINE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE BY THE 2ND RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
EL KANTARA, EGYPT. 1942-01. MEMBERS OF THE 2ND RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, SPIKING RAILS ON A SECTION OF THE RAILWAY LINE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE.
EL KANTARA, EGYPT. 1942-01. A MEMBER OF THE 2ND RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS BOLTING RAILS ON A SECTION OF THE RAILWAY LINE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE.
