Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine |
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Accession Number | P01208.024 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
PALESTINE. 1917. THE ANZAC MOUNTED DIVISION BAND IS LED BY LIEUTENANT J. CROSBY-BROWNE ...
Description
PALESTINE. 1917. THE ANZAC MOUNTED DIVISION BAND IS LED BY LIEUTENANT J. CROSBY-BROWNE (CROSLEY-BROWNE). THIS BAND WAS MOUNTED ON WHITE SUDANESE DONKEYS OWING TO THE SHORTAGE OF HORSES AT THE TIME. THEY TRAVELLED WITH THE DIVISION IN THE FIELD, RIGHT THROUGH THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.