Mount Meredith, Romani

Depicts a Camel wearing a saddle and bridle in front of a sandy ridge. This work was painted on 18 March 1918 in the Romani area. Mount Meredith was named after Brigadier General J B Meredith, commanding the 1st Light Horse Brigade. Romani was the site of fierce fighting between 3 and 5 August 1916. The battle marked the beginning of the British forces' drive out of Egypt and into Palestine and finally put a stop to the Turkish threat to the Suez canal. Lambert found the area beautiful: "Here and there a huge sand hill or mount rears up as a result of years of influence by the main winds and half buries one or more of the groves of Hods. Half way up some of these sand hills the green tops of the palms make decorative accompaniment to the undulating line of the almost knife edged ridge or top of the hill intensely sharp against the blue sky."