First World War Black & White Photograph of the Matarieh Ostrich Farm, Cairo
c. 1915Small black and white photograph of six (6) Ostrich's and a local Egyptian handler at the Matarieh Ostrich Farm, Cairo. Photo shows stone wall enclosure and a tree on the left and the top of a palm tree in the background.
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 "Ostrich Farm - Matarieh - / Cairo".
The Matarieh Ostrich Farm, famous for their sort after ostrich plumes was located just outside of Cairo. The ostrich plumes were prized by the fashion houses of Europe and America for hats, boas and fans. It was a lucrative industry for the company and then during WW1 also became a popular tourist attraction for soldiers including Australian and New Zealand troops.
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