Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment ...

Place Middle East: Iraq, Baghdad
Accession Number P00562.142
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment connected ready for transmitting. Beside the vehicles are their drivers from No. 14 Light Motor Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The motor van station was at the Horselines, which was the billet area for the squadron outside the south gate of the city, from June to October 1918. (Formerly A05837) (Donor E. Keast Burke)