NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS REPAIRING AND CLEANING WELL AT KHALASSA, 12 MILES S.W. OF BEERSHEBA, WHICH ...

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Accession Number J02836
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Smith, Francis Henry
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS REPAIRING AND CLEANING WELL AT KHALASSA, 12 MILES S.W. OF BEERSHEBA, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE TURKS BEFORE RETREATING. THE HUGE TANK IN THE BACKGROUND WITH A CAPACITY OF 40,000 GALLONS WAS ALSO BLOWN UP BY THE ENEMY. TAKEN ABOUT THE END OF 1917-10. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)