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View of Mena camp near the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1915 / David Izatt
Bib ID 6374406
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline [still image, sheet]
Author
Izatt, David, photographer
 
Online Versions
Description 1915 
1 photograph : sepia toned ; 6.4 x 10.1 cm 
Series

Izatt, David David Izatt's album of the Australian Imperial Forces, Mena Camp, Cairo, Egypt, 1914-1918.

Biography/History

Mena Camp, Egypt, an A.I.F. training base before the Gallipoli landing.--From reference sources.

Notes

Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription and reference sources.

Inscription: "Australian troops camped at the Pyramids from Nov. 1914 till April 1915"--In ink above image; "Mena Camp Pyramids Cairo"--In ink below image.

Part of : David Izatt's album of the Australian Imperial Forces, Mena Camp, Cairo, Egypt, 1914-1918.

Condition: Faded, staining and yellowing.

Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141332473

Subjects Australia. Army. -- Military camps -- Photographs.  |  Military camps -- Egypt -- Giza -- Photographs.  |  Soldiers -- Egypt -- Giza -- Photographs.  |  World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian -- Photographs.  |  Giza (Egypt) -- Photographs.
Other authors/contributors Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921)  |  Izatt, David

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