First World War Coloured Photographic Postcard of Thebes from Sergeant Frederick Ernest BRUCE 243
c. 1914 - 1918A coloured photographic postcard of the Temple Der et Bahri at Thebes. The description of the picture is located in the top LH corner. The photograph shows the background of cliffs with the temple in the foreground. The card has handwriting in pencil on the reverse that fills the entire area and covers the 4 red lines for the address and the stamp box. The card is complete with no visible stains or damage.
This postcard was sent by Sergeant Frederick Ernest BRUCE 243 to his mother Mrs RAMIREZ in Western Australia. It is likely that this postcard was one of three that were sent together, as the message to his mother on this postcard is incomplete.
Frederick came from Cossack in the north of Western Australia and enlisted on 4 November 1914. He joined 10th Light Horse Regiment as a Private and his unit sailed from Fremantle aboard the HMAT A47 Mashobra on 17 February 1915. Frederick (Ernie) served as part of the 3rd Aust Machine Gun Squadron at Gallipoli and then in Palestine. He was promoted to Sergeant in January 1918 and returned to Australia on 10 July 1919. Frederick died in 1955 aged 66 and is buried in Perth.
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Reverse “(3) / the blacksmith (sic) to / day, but I hope were not / here for long I want to get / back to my Mary she told / me that it is to land at / the jubilee she will have to / turn up work when I get / back and I hope that / wont be long. Well Mother / I am stuck for news here / as if I was aloud to right about / the war and the goings on / here it would take a week / to right so I will close with / fondest Love to you and / all at home and give Mary / squeze fore me I remain yours / Loving from Ernie x x / x x x x x x“
Deir el-Bahari, located on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes (modern Luxor) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs that has served as a major religious center for over two millennia.
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