PALESTINE. 1917. THE ANZAC MOUNTED DIVISION BAND IS LED BY LIEUTENANT J. CROSBY-BROWNE ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine
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

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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.