C00087 Accession Number: C00087

Description

Four unidentified men at Mena Camp outside Cairo pack up for departure to the Gallipoli Peninsula. The ground around the tent and in front of the buildings opposite is littered with wooden crates and supplies of all kinds. In the right foreground are a wicker basket and some pieces of timber. A wooden sign propped on its side in the left foregound reads '9th Bn AIF'. A crate is labelled 'MO 9 Inf 3 Bde'. There are two bottles of alcohol on the far left.

Details

Accession Number
C00087
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
March 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Colonel A G Butler DSO
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession C00087

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