First World War Black and White Photograph of Saddled Camels Ready for Loading
c. 1916Small black and white photograph of camels, saddled ready for loading. A few handlers can be seen in the background, as well as pitched tents.
This series of black & white photographs was collected by Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, regimental number 19. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) on the 11th August 1914, just a week after war was declared on Germany. The mission of the ANMEF was to destroy German radio stations and occupy German New Guinea and surrounding areas. The ANMEF secured military occupation on the 13th September 1914. The photographs are from two areas of Australian military deployment during the First World War. Ten (10) are from a deployment to German colony of New Guinea in 1914 and another eighty (80) from Cairo dated 1915 and 1916.The photographs of his deployment are of national significance and show one of Australia’s first military action in the First World War.
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Handwritten in black ink on back "At Camel Corps lines - / Camel saddled ready for / taking on a load - strange / to say one can have a / comfortable ride on these beasts.".
Imperial Camel Corps was formed in 1916 and made up of British and Commonwealth troops. Camels were ideally suited for the use in transporting troops and supplies across the desert.
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