Tel el Kebir, North Egypt. c. 1916-01. Informal portrait of Chaplain Major William McKenzie, of ...

Accession Number P02317.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Judge, Cecil Guildford Kimmorley
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Tel el Kebir, North Egypt. c. 1916-01. Informal portrait of Chaplain Major William McKenzie, of the Salvation Army, padre of 4th Battalion, in the tent lines. The original caption notes that his duties on Gallipoli included preaching about three times on Sunday to a congregation of between six to twelve soldiers, often with shells flying overhead; writing letters for soldiers; supplying the men with note paper, cigarettes, chocolate and anything he could procure; acting as general secretary and worker in the officers' mess.

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