With the Australian Light Horse in Egypt and Sinai 1916-1917 / photos by R.F. Ingham, 1st L.H.F. Ambulance

Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

1. Camel train in the Sinai Desert - The sandy desert, Sinai - Egyptian Camel Transport - Camel lines of the Camel Transport Corps
2. Dr Geach attending to a wounded camel - A short halt at El Abd. - Light Horse Camp in a desert oasis - A desert patrol resting their horses
3. Ambulance sand cart used in Sinai - `Cachalay' stretches for carrying wounded on camels - Cachalays rigged each side of a camel - A lonely post in the desert
4. A Bedouin home, Sinai - An Australian's home, Sinai - Our cooks, Beni Sela - Light Horse encamped in Sawarka Oasis 
5. A captured Turkish mascot - Bedouin girls - Returning from the well, Khan Yunis - Turkish mascots captured by the A.L.H. at Rafa
6. Suelima Clearing Station near Gaza - A block house to protect communications - A flag the Turks respected but little - The Clearing Station at Beni Sela
7. A temporary shelter from the sun - Tractor transport used in Sinai - Light Horsemen's dug outs near the Wadi Gaza - Polling day near Gaza, 1917
8. The lone tree, Khan Yunis - A Bedouin village, Beni Sela - French Infantrymen at Khan Yunis - Bedouins bargaining with a Frenchman
9. The Wadi Guzzeh near Gaza - Men who fell at Gaza Palestine - The crusaders House of Prayer at Khan Yunis - A Bedouin harvest at Khan Yunis
10. Bedouin Flocks, Khan Yunis - Water melon patches at Khan Yunis - Bedouin women at the well, El Arish - The Bedouin's donkey
11. A Bedouin backyard - The corner of a Bedouin village - Chaff cutting, El Arish - Date palms at El Arish
12. The sea beach at Belah - Swimming the horses at Belah - Horse clipping at Belah - Advanced Dressing Station, Tel El Jemmi
13. 1st Light Horse headquarters at El Arish - Bengal Lancers, Masaid - Indian Ammunition Column, El Arish - Indian Machine Gunners at Rafa
14. Part of the 1st Light Horse Brigade at El Arish - Exercising the horses at El Arish - A Sheiks Tomb at El Arish - Our dug out, Beni Sela
15. Ayrshire Battery, Scotch Artillery, Beni Sela - Home sweet home, El Arish - El Arish, 3 months after the British Occupation - Hospital train full of wounded from Gaza passing El Arish
16. Australian Baggage Guard, Sinai - The armoured train which did good work at Romani - A tune on the Y.M.C.A. piano, Sinai - Baggage Guard waiting for the train
17. A Turkisk mine washed ashore, El Arish - Explosion of the mine two days later - A sunken mine sweeper at El Arish - Landing stores for troops at El Arish
18. Our precious fluid carrier at Rafa - A precious spring in the Sinai Desert - One of the first anti aircraft guns on the Palestine Front - A battery of guns concealed from hostile aeroplanes by netting, El Arish
19. Tug-of-war competition at Masaid - Wrestling on horse track at Masaid - The champion sprinter of the Brigade - Football at Masaid
20. A Felucca on the Suez Canal, Kantara - The Suez Canal hospital ship `Niagara' - The military pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal at Kantara - A hospital launch on the Suez Canal
21. 7 days leave in Cairo - The ANZAC Hostel, Cairo - The Wazza fire, Cairo. This dirty quarter was burnt down by the Australians - Unfathomable signs in Cairo
22. A Greek funeral in Cairo - E? Gardens in Cairo - The Grotto, Cairo Zoo - The hippopotamus, Cairo Zoo
23. A Greek altar, Cairo - A canal near the Gizeh pyramids - The Sphinx at Memphis - Statue of Rameses, Memphis
24. A mosque at Abbassia - The Twelve Apostles, Esbekieh - A Mosque in Cairo - Feluccas on the River Nile

With the Australian Light Horse in Egypt and Sinai 1916-1917 / photos by R.F. Ingham, 1st L.H.F. Amb...

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