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First World War Black and White Photograph of Two Children at Bir el Esani

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1917 - 1919

Overview

A small black and white photograph of two local children. They are standing together and looking directly at the camera. They stand barefoot on sand in a landscape of bare sand with a few small bushes scattered across it. In the distance behind them are four (4) machine gun carriages. Others can be seen even further back. The image has a white border on three sides with the top having been cut off at an angle. The image is in good condition. The reverse of the image has the proforma printing of part of a postcard and an inscription in black ink.

Historical information

Bir el Esani was to the west of Beersheba and was one of the locations from which General ALLENBY directed strikes to attack Beersheba.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2022.1.110

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Photo Paper

Width

89 mm

Height or length

68 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On the reverse in machine printing “POST / CORRESPONDENCE” with “Esani” written in black ink.

Contextual information

On 19 July 1917 the 10th Light Horse deployed to El Melek where other units of the Australian Mounted Division were concentrated. On arrival at Bir el Esani the brigade crossed the wadi and bivouacked for the night watering its horses.

Keywords

First World War

10th Light Horse Regiment

Place made

Egypt

Year

1917 - 1919

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced