Mena village seen from the nearby pyramids, about ten miles outside Cairo. The 1st Australian ...

Accession Number C01655
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

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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.

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