First World War Photograph of a Lake and Gardens in Giza Zoo Cairo
c. 1915Black and white photograph of gardens and walkways over water at the Giza Zoo in Cairo.
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 "Scene in Cairo Zoo - Gizeh".
This photograph shows a lake and garden area of the Giza Zoo in Cairo. The zoo once held deep cultural and social significance for the people of Egypt, and was a rare green place for them to visit. It was the oldest zoo in Africa and the third oldest worldwide.
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