First World War Photograph of a Giraffe at the Giza Zoo, Cairo
c. 1915Black and white photograph of a Giraffe behind metal fencing, with head cut out of photo.
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 "Giraffe at Zoo - / unfortunately the head has been cut off".
This photograph shows a giraffe behind a fenced enclosure at the Giza Zoo, Cairo. The zoo opened in March 1891 and occupies approximately 80 hectares of land, with a large collection of animals, and a variety of garden areas. In 1906 a Museum was built housing a large collection of stuffed animals, birds and reptiles.
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