7. Salmon caught in the Tigris - Arab coolie carrying 2 bales compressed wool - Arab wood carter - Coolie with 42 petrol tins

Photos taken by Sapper Thos. J. Nash with Wireless Squadron in Mesopotamia 1917-1919

1. Demobilisation of Wireless Squadron in Baghdad, Dec 1918 - General headquarters - Natives bathing in Tigris River - Hospital boat at 65th British General Hospital

2. Six panoramic scenes of Baghdad - German cemetery, Baghdad, pre-war

3. Six panoramic scenes of Baghdad - German cemetery, Baghdad, pre-war

4. Views of interior of Khadamain - the great worship place of the East

5. Views of interior of Khadamain - the great worship place of the East

6. V.C. Machine Gunner on the `Mantis' - Gun boat Mantis which wrought great destruction among the Turks on the Tigris - C.P.O. on the Mantis - Anti air craft gun on the Mantis

8. Arab Dhobi dancing for an `Aussie' - Two escaped prisoners - Xerxis coolie the most powerful men in "Meso" - Group of Arab labourers

9. Native Gharri - Captured Turkish wireless set `telescopic mast' - Captured camel train - Ghurka guard on G.H.Q.

10. `Kurd' - Interior blacksmith's shop - Interior of brass workers

11. Armenian coffee shop - View barber's shop - Captured camels - Road leading to South Gate, Baghdad

12. Street scenes in Baghdad (burning ?) - Officers convalescent home on the Tigris - Indian band

13. Main Street, Baghdad - Turkish gun at the Citadel, brass - Unloading a raft of firewood on the Tigris - River Wall where natives assemble

14. Dome's & Minarettes - Ghurka guard and supply stores - Grave of von der Golz, German General shot in the Battle of Sinnyial - Sheep & irrigation canal

15. Indian General Hospital - Pontoon Bridge over Tigris - Entrance at North Gate - Arab Coolie's drawing wagon

16. Minarette - Hospital boat `Camala' - British General Hospital, Basra - Native `Mahile'

17. Snap of Hanley Paige [Page] when leaving Baghdad for Australia - New Street, Baghdad - River Street, Baghdad - Persian barber

18. Ruins of Babylon - the buried city near Baghdad - being excavated

19. Ruins of Babylon - the buried city near Baghdad - being excavated

20. Caterpillar tractor - Watering time, `Mosul' - Flight Lieut. Williams buried at Baghdad, killed 1/1/19 [memorial] - Dvr. F. Evans, Australian Cavalry Sig. Sqdn. [memorial]

21. Pontoon Bridge at Baghdad North - Ezra's Tomb - Kul-El-Amara, where General Townsend was captured

22. Garden of Eden at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates - Tigris in flood - Truck of burning `Bousa'

23. Natives - Bibby & Chicko - South Gate, Mosul - Three boats sunk by the Turks in the Tigris to stay the passage of the British

24. Camp life - S.S. Northbrooke A.W.S. embarking at Basra - India `Habildah' - Engineers badge carved in solid marble at Mosul

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

1. Demobilisation of Wireless Squadron in Baghdad, Dec 1918 - General headquarters - Natives bathing in Tigris River - Hospital boat at 65th British General Hospital
2-3. Six panoramic scenes of Baghdad - German cemetery, Baghdad, pre-war
4-5. Views of interior of Khadamain - the great worship place of the East
6. V.C. Machine Gunner on the `Mantis' - Gun boat Mantis which wrought great destruction among the Turks on the Tigris - C.P.O. on the Mantis - Anti air craft gun on the Mantis
7. Salmon caught in the Tigris - Arab coolie carrying 2 bales compressed wool - Arab wood carter - Coolie with 42 petrol tins
8. Arab Dhobi dancing for an `Aussie' - Two escaped prisoners - Xerxis coolie the most powerful men in "Meso" - Group of Arab labourers
9. Native Gharri - Captured Turkish wireless set `telescopic mast' - Captured camel train - Ghurka guard on G.H.Q.
10. `Kurd' - Interior blacksmith's shop - Interior of brass workers 
11. Armenian coffee shop - View barber's shop - Captured camels - Road leading to South Gate, Baghdad
12. Street scenes in Baghdad (burning ?) - Officers convalescent home on the Tigris - Indian band
13. Main Street, Baghdad - Turkish gun at the Citadel, brass - Unloading a raft of firewood on the Tigris - River Wall where natives assemble
14. Dome's & Minarettes - Ghurka guard and supply stores - Grave of von der Golz, German General shot in the Battle of Sinnyial - Sheep & irrigation canal
15. Indian General Hospital - Pontoon Bridge over Tigris - Entrance at North Gate - Arab Coolie's drawing wagon 
16. Minarette - Hospital boat `Camala' - British General Hospital, Basra - Native `Mahile'
17. Snap of Hanley Paige [Page] when leaving Baghdad for Australia - New Street, Baghdad - River Street, Baghdad - Persian barber
18-19. Ruins of Babylon - the buried city near Baghdad - being excavated
20. Caterpillar tractor - Watering time, `Mosul' - Flight Lieut. Williams buried at Baghdad, killed 1/1/19 [memorial] - Dvr. F. Evans, Australian Cavalry Sig. Sqdn. [memorial]
21. Pontoon Bridge at Baghdad North - Ezra's Tomb - Kul-El-Amara, where General Townsend was captured
22. Garden of Eden at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates - Tigris in flood - Truck of burning `Bousa'
23. Natives - Bibby & Chicko - South Gate, Mosul - Three boats sunk by the Turks in the Tigris to stay the passage of the British
24. Camp life - S.S. Northbrooke A.W.S. embarking at Basra - India `Habildah' - Engineers badge carved in solid marble at Mosul

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