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BA2629/19: Rural road in Palestine.
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BA2629/20: Caption provided by donor: "Damascus to Beruit railway".
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BA2629/21: Caption provided by donor: "Fancy dressed riding at sports, Moascar camp".
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BA2629/22: Caption provided by donor: "Entrance to Kings & Queens cave, Jerusalem".
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BA2629/23: Caption provided by donor: "1,000 Turkish prisoners of war, captured at El Bassan by 3rd Brigade".
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BA2629/24: Valley country, Jordan.
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BA2629/25: 10th Light Horse camp, Tripoli.
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BA2629/26: Main street of Jaffa.
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BA2629/27: Caption provided by donor: "Gipos on the job".
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BA2629/28: Caption provided by donor: "Australian Division watering at the Sea of Galilee".
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BA2629/29: Caption provided by donor: "Ghoraniyeh Bridge over Jordan River".
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BA2629/30: Caption provided by donor: "Captured gun team 'well done in' note dead horses".
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BA2629/31: Caption provided by donor: "Wrecked station Anakel Menshi. This was a place of wrecked trucks & areoplanes, our machines gave 'em hell here, by the look of the dead etc when we arrived".
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BA2629/32: Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem.
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BA2629/33: Caption provided by donor: "Watering at one of Belaks pumping pools".
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BA2629/34: Damascus.
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BA2629/35: Caption provided by donor: "On the road to Damascus".
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BA2629/36: Caption provided by donor, possibly written on reverse of postcard: "Jan 30th '18. This one isn't bad. The little word we use a lot here in telling the boot shiners to clear off. It's as well we haven't our bayonets to 'imsh' a few of em. Alber
Item Detail
Summary
Albert Pickles enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in 1916 and was assigned to the 10th Light Horse Regiment 23 Division. He saw service in Egypt, Syria and Israel. The collection of photos captured something of the life of the 10th Light Horse on their journey from Port Said through to Damascus and Jerusalem. It includes a photograph of graves of soldiers of the 11th Light Horse Regiment. The collection includes some Pickles family photographs.
Year
1914-1918.
Warnings and disclaimer
Title devised by cataloguer. Captions provided by donor.
Subjects
- War graves -- Palestine -- Photographs.
- Soldiers -- Photographs.
- Soldiers -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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Call Number
BA2629
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