El Auja (Auja el Hafir), Palestine. c.1917-05. The damaged remains of a bridge which was blown up ...

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Accession Number P02041.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

El Auja (Auja el Hafir), Palestine. c.1917-05. The damaged remains of a bridge which was blown up by members of the Camel Brigade and C Squadron, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment (11ALH), who spent four days on a demolition raid to destroy the railway line running south from Beersheba to Ashluj and Auja. (Donor N. MacDonald)