Place | Middle East: Iraq, Baghdad |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment ...
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)