An Australian party crossing the Nile to visit the tombs of the Pharaohs. Identified, left to ...

Accession Number C02628
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Cairo
Date made 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

An Australian party crossing the Nile to visit the tombs of the Pharaohs. Identified, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) M G McMillan, Lt James Martyn Clerke (later a Major of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade), Chaplain Ernest Northcroft Merrington, Major Hugh Venables Vernon DSO (later Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Light Horse Brigade), Lt Read, and Chaplain Alfred Charles Plane.