Photographs of Rupert Henry Campbell, c.1915-1918

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Accession Number AWM2020.22.28
Collection number 3DRL/6623
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Photograph
Physical description 48 Image/s captured
Maker Campbell, Rupert Henry
Campbell, Clarice "Clare" Linda Palm
Place made Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 1915-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Photographs relating to the First World War service of 1308 Driver Rupert Henry Campbell, 1st Australian Light Horse Battalion Machine Gun Section.

Campbell sent these 23 photographs home to his family in Australia during his service between 1915 and 1918. They were kept by his sister Clarice "Clare" Linda Palm Campbell, who later served in the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force during the Second World War. The photographs show the Egyptian and Palestinian landscapes that Campbell served in with the 1st Australian Light Horse Battalion, portraits of Campbell and fellow soldiers, cemeteries at Port Said and Rafah, aircraft, and a large sports meeting in Palestine. [Includes envelope].