First World War Black and White Photograph of Graves at Shellal Cemetery
1917A small black and white photograph showing at least 20 graves in a cemetery. Each individual grave is marked by some form of cross. White stones sit on and around most of the graves and the whole area is surrounded with barbed wire. In the distance white tents can be seen suggesting a camp. The reverse of the image has the proforma printing of part of a postcard and an inscription noting the location. The photograph has a small border and is in good condition
The 10th Light Horse Regiment were involved in the 2nd Battle for Gaza 17-19 April 1917 which included locations near Shellal. It is noted by Lieutenant – Colonel Olden D.S.O. in his book “Westralian Cavalry in the War” that “Our casualties on April 19th were the heaviest the 10th regiment had sustained since the Gallipoli days. It is unknown if this picture shows graves from this battle which led to extremely high casualties for British and ANZAC troops.
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On the reverse in machine printing “CORRESPONDENCE / POST”, written in pen “Shellal”.
Portion of a mosaic pavement, all that remains of the 6th century Byzantine church was discovered by Australian troops at Wadi Ghuzze near Shellal, Palestine, on 17 April 1917, during the second Battle of Gaza. It had been discovered by Turkish troops when they were digging a machine gun post and unfortunately a large portion of the mosaic was destroyed in the process. The mosaic was removed by Australian and New Zealand volunteers with considerable skill and is now on exhibition at the Australian War Memorial.
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