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Photograph J00901 First World War, 1914-1918Material being unloaded at El Arish for the construction of a pier. A gunboat can be seen in the background.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The first hospital train to leave El Arish. A soldier can be seen at the top of a telegraph pole in the (left) background behind the engine.
Material being unloaded at El Arish for the construction of a pier. A gunboat can be seen in the background.

View of the Australian Light Horse camp El Arish. Palm trees are in the background and the coastline can be seen beyond the trees.

A hospital camel train of the 42nd Division on the march through El Arish. Tents are in the background.

A hospital train at El Arish. Camels are travelling beside the train (right) and a soldier is standing guard in the foreground. Note the carriages are painted white with red crosses.

Dugouts made from sandbags on the hill behind the beach. A telegraph pole is in the left background.

El Arish Area, Sinai. c. 1917. Australian and British soldiers, wounded at the battle of Rafa, arriving on camels at a hospital train near El Arish. (Donor Captain Hunter)
