| Place | Middle East: Mesopotamia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00562.133 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Place made | Mesopotamia |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Baqubah (Baquba), Mesopotamia (Iraq) . 1918. Unidentified Australian members of No. 2 Station, ...
Description
Baqubah (Baquba), Mesopotamia (Iraq) . 1918. Unidentified Australian members of No. 2 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, around a table on which are a number of beer and wine bottles. The original caption describes the occasion as `Eleven o'clock refreshments'. The wagon acted as a general communications control station for the Force during 1918 and January 1919, connected to Squadron Headquarters (SHQ) by an old Turkish landline. (Donor E. Keast Burke)