The front entrance to the Mena House Hotel at Mena, ten miles from Cairo, which was taken over ...

Accession Number C00528
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: North Egypt, Mena
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The front entrance to the Mena House Hotel at Mena, ten miles from Cairo, which was taken over for use as No. 2 Australian General Hospital (2 AGH) early in 1915. In June 1915 the hospital staff were transferred to Gezira in Cairo.