Accession Number | C01655 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
Date made | c December 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Mena village seen from the nearby pyramids, about ten miles outside Cairo. The 1st Australian ...
Description
Mena village seen from the nearby pyramids, about ten miles outside Cairo. The 1st Australian Division set up camp near here on arriving in Egypt in December 1914 and underwent training before embarking for the Gallipoli Peninsula.