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First World War Black & White Photograph of a Camel Farm, near Cairo

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Pte. Eric BANNISTER

c. 1915

Overview

Small black and white photograph shows a herd of camels, some standing, with others resting. On the right is a structure, using tree stumps and vegetation as a shelter, with a small donkey standing beneath.

Historical information

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.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2018.3.64

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Photography

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Photo Paper

Width

107 mm

Height or length

63 mm

Weight

1 g

Inscriptions and markings

Bottom right corner is blacked out. Handwritten in black ink on rear, "Camel Farm".

Contextual information

This photograph shows a herd of camels at a Camel Farm near Cairo. Camels became essential for the Allied Forces to transport troops and vital supplies across the most inhospitable land.

Keywords

Australian Naval and Military Expedition Force

First World War

Egypt

Camels

Place made

Cairo, Egypt

Year

c. 1915

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research significance