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Shire of Toodyay > Records

FRAMED PHOTO REPRODUCTION OF 11TH BATTALION IN EGYPT

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Reproduction and enlargement of a well-known 1915 photograph of troops from the Eleventh Battalion of the Australian Infantry Force sitting on a pyramid in Egypt.
The photo has been mounted in a window frame, painted white, with two chains affixed to hang.

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The men of the original West Australian raised 11th Battalion were camped in Egypt where they trained before landing at Gallipoli. On the 10th January 1915 they posed for a photograph at Khufu (Cheops) Pyramid, Giza.
It is highly likely Frank Keith Marshall of Bejoording is amongst the group and also possibly Walter Hugh Quarrie of Bolgart. Walter was killed in action in July 1915. Frank was wounded, losing an eye in September 1915, before returning home.

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