First World War Black and White Photograph of Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral, Cairo
c. 1915Small black and white photograph of Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral, also known as the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, located in Cairo. Building shows a large central dome roof and two smaller dome constructs either side, with a religious cross centre on top of front archway, and underneath three smaller archways. At the bottom of the photo, the head shadow of the photographer can be seen, wearing a hat.
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 "Basilique R.C Cathederal / Heliopolis -".
The photograph is of Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral, also known as the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, is a Roman Catholic church located in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, and construction completed in 1913. Known for its Byzantine Revival architecture the Cathedral was closely modeled on Istanbul's historic Hagia Sophia, another significant Christian dome shaped structure.
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