First World War Photograph of Traditional Egyptian Water Carrier
c. 1915Small black and white photograph of a traditional Egyptian water carrier, also known as a 'Sakkah'. The water is carried in a animal skin bag, usually goat or camel and has a leather strap for over the shoulder. This photo shows a bearded local wearing a turban and overcoat with prominent stitching.
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 "Street waterer Cairo - / note pig skin water bag - ".
The photograph captures part of Egyptian life with a man carrying fresh water through the streets. The water carriers were known as 'Sakkah' and the vessels to carry the water were made of animal hide, known as 'girbi'.
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