First World War Black and White Photograph of the Nile River Taken from the Boulac Bridge, Cairo
c. 1915Small black and white photograph taken from the Boulac Bridge, Cairo, looking down the Nile River. The photo shows a large expanse of water, with buildings and vegetation on the river bank.
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 "Looking down the Nile from / Boulac Bridge."
The photograph taken from the Boulac Bridge looking down the Nile River shows building structures and vegetation along the river banks. The Nile, being the longest river in the world provided water and fertile soil essential for agriculture capabilities to the local inhabitants along its vast area.
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